State v. Roman

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.

Donovan Roman, Appellant.

Appeal from Florence County

Michael G. Nettles, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-181

Submitted March 1, 2012 – Filed March 14,
2012   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, 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 Edgar L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Donovan Roman appeals his sentence for murder,
arguing the circuit court erred in sentencing him to life imprisonment without
parole because he was eighteen years old at the time of the murder and the
circuit court found that he was mentally ill.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authorities: State v. Stahlnecker, 386 S.C. 609, 617, 690
S.E.2d 565, 570 (2010) ("An objection must be made on a specific ground. 
For an issue to be properly preserved it has to be raised to and ruled on by
the [circuit] court." (citation omitted)); State v. Jennings, 394
S.C. 473, 481-82, 716 S.E.2d 91, 95 (2011) (noting preservation rules also
apply to constitutional arguments); State
v. Barton, 325 S.C. 522, 531, 481 S.E.2d 439, 444 (Ct. App. 1997)
("Absent partiality, prejudice, oppression, or corrupt motive, this
[c]ourt lacks jurisdiction to disturb a sentence that is within the limits
prescribed by statute.").

AFFIRMED.

PIEPER,
KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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