State v. Mays

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.

Kelvin Mays, Appellant.

Appeal From Hampton County

Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-301  

Submitted April 2, 2012 – Filed May 16,
2012

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Assistant
Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac
McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Kelvin
Mays appeals his conviction of second-degree burglary.  Mays argues the trial
court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because his character was
wrongly attacked, which most likely impacted the verdict.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Haselden, 353 S.C. 190, 196, 577 S.E.2d 445, 448
(2003) (holding an issue was not preserved when appellant raised relevancy at
trial but argued a different ground on appeal, namely that the testimony
represented improper character evidence); State v. Washington, 315 S.C.
108, 110, 432 S.E.2d 448, 449 (1992) (holding
an appellant may not be heard on appeal to complain of the admission of evidence
elicited by his own counsel).

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT,
JJ., concur.

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