State v. Watts

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Mitchell
Douglas Watts, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-454

Submitted October 1, 2011 – Filed October
11, 2011   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A.
Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of
Columbia; and Solicitor W. Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Mitchell
Douglas Watts appeals his conviction for trafficking cocaine base (crack
cocaine), arguing the trial court erred in allowing the State to elicit opinion
testimony from a police officer, who was not an expert witness, identifying the
drugs taken into evidence as crack cocaine.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Johnson, 324 S.C. 38, 41, 476 S.E.2d 681, 682 (1996) (finding an issue not
preserved for review when appellant made no contemporaneous objection at trial
to the testimony claimed to be erroneously admitted and did not raise the issue
at any point during trial); State v. Varvil, 338 S.C. 335, 339, 526
S.E.2d 248, 250 (Ct. App. 2000) (finding that constitutional arguments not
raised to the trial court were not preserved for appellate review and were
deemed waived on appeal).  

AFFIRMED.

SHORT,
WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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