State v. Adams

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.

Willie James Adams, Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Fairfield County

Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2012-UP-006

Submitted December 1, 2011 – Filed January
4, 2012

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John
W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant
Attorney General Brendan J. McDonald, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Douglas A.
Barfield, Jr., of Lancaster, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Willie
James Adams, Jr. appeals his conviction for murder, arguing the trial court
erred in admitting testimony regarding quantities of cocaine and cocaine base
found at the murder scene.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:  State v.
Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693 (2003) (stating for an issue
to be properly preserved for appellate review, the issue must have been raised
to and ruled upon by the trial court); State v. Simpson, 325 S.C. 37,
42, 479 S.E.2d 57, 60 (1996) ("Unless an objection is made at the time the
evidence is offered and a final ruling made, the issue is not preserved for
review."); State v. Moultrie, 316 S.C. 547, 555-56, 451 S.E.2d 34,
39 (Ct. App. 1994) ("[A] 'failure to contemporaneously object' to the
introduction of evidence claimed to be prejudicial 'cannot be later
bootstrapped by a motion for a mistrial.'" (quoting State v. Lynn,
277 S.C. 222, 226, 284 S.E.2d 786, 789 (1981))).

AFFIRMED.

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

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