State v. Ricky M. Dawson

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.

Ricky Manigo Dawson, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2019-002107

Appeal From Berkeley County
Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge
G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-348
Heard October 4, 2023 – Filed October 25, 2023

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing,
both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Ricky Manigo Dawson appeals his convictions and sentences for
trafficking cocaine, third offense; possession with intent to distribute crack
cocaine, third offense; and possession of a weapon during the commission of a
violent crime. On appeal, Dawson argues the trial court erred by denying his
motion to suppress evidence of the drugs found in his backpack and seized
pursuant to a warrantless search of a vehicle in which he was an occupant.

Because Dawson failed to appeal the trial court's ruling that the police officer had
probable cause to search the vehicle, we affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR,
and the following authorities: Jones v. Lott, 387 S.C. 339, 346, 692 S.E.2d 900,
903 (2010) ("Under the two[-]issue rule, where a decision is based on more than
one ground, the appellate court will affirm unless the appellant appeals all grounds
because the unappealed ground will become the law of the case."), abrogated on
other grounds by Repko v. County of Georgetown, 424 S.C. 494, 818 S.E.2d 743
(2018).

AFFIRMED.

MCDONALD and VINSON, JJ., and BROMELL HOLMES, A.J., concur.