State v. Griffin

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PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Javerus A.
Griffin, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-477

Submitted November 1, 2010 – Filed
November 1, 2010

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
and Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor
Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER
CURIAM: Javerus A. Griffin pled guilty to voluntary
manslaughter and was sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment.  On appeal,
Griffin argues the trial court abused its discretion by imposing a sentence in
violation of Griffin's due process, fundamental fairness, and equal protection
rights.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authority: State v. Gaster, 349 S.C. 545, 552, 564
S.E.2d 87, 91 (2002) (holding constitutional issues must be raised to and ruled upon by the trial court in order
to preserve the issues for appellate review).

AFFIRMED.

FEW,
C.J., SHORT and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

[1]  We decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.