State v. Barton

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.

Antonio D.
Barton, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-327

Submitted June 1, 2010 – Filed June 24,
2010   

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, and Solicitor
Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Antonio D. Barton appeals his
convictions for first-degree burglary, kidnapping, assault and battery of a
high and aggravated nature, and attempted armed robbery.  Barton argues the
State's closing argument offended his due process rights.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following
authority:  State v. Turner, 373 S.C. 121, 126 n.1, 644 S.E.2d 693, 696
n.1 (2007) (holding in order for an issue to be preserved for review, it must
have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial court).  

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, SHORT,
and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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