State v. Robinson

THIS OPINION HAS NO 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.

Samuel Hayworth Robinson, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001555

Appeal From Charleston County
Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-545
Submitted September 1, 2015 – Filed December 2, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Lara Mary Caudy, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of
Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of
Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693 (2003) ("In
order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to
and ruled upon by the trial [court]."); State v. Ravenell, 387 S.C. 449, 456, 692
S.E.2d 554, 558 (Ct. App. 2010) ("In order to claim the protection afforded by the
rule of law that a criminal defendant may be tried in his absence only upon a trial
court's finding that the defendant has received the requisite notice of his right to be
present and advisement that the trial would proceed in his absence if he failed to
attend, a defendant or his attorney must object at the first opportunity to do so, and
failure to so object constitutes waiver of the issue on appeal.").

AFFIRMED.1

FEW, C.J., and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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