State v. Wright

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.

Robert Lee Wright, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-001023

Appeal From Charleston County
Kristi Lea Harrington, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-005
Submitted December 1, 2016 – Filed January 11, 2017

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and
Assistant Attorney General Margaret Graham Boykin, all
of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of
Charleston, all for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Rios, 388 S.C. 335, 341, 696 S.E.2d 608, 612 (Ct. App. 2010)
(stating a defendant "abandoned his request for jury charges on involuntary
manslaughter and self-defense when he acquiesced and asked the trial court" for
different charges); id. (holding a defendant could not argue an issue on appeal
when the defendant waived appellate review of the issue by conceding it at trial).1

AFFIRMED.2

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

1
The doctrine of futility is inapplicable to this appeal. See State v. Passmore, 363
S.C. 568, 584, 611 S.E.2d 273, 282 (Ct. App. 2005) ("[O]ur courts have developed
the doctrine of futility, which recognizes that in circumstances whe[n] it would
[have] be[en] futile to raise an objection to the trial [court], failure to raise the
objection will be excused." (emphasis added)).
2
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.