State v. Laird

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Paul Laird Appellant.

Appeal from Aiken County

Doyet A. Early, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-522

Submitted September 2, 2008 – Filed
September 9, 2008   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Katherine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant
Director, Attorney Amy L. Clifford, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barbara R.
Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Paul Laird appeals his
conviction for second-degree criminal
sexual conduct with a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor, and
committing a lewd act upon a child.  Laird argues the trial
court erred in refusing to let him testify about an argument between him and
the victim regarding the victim’s dating a twenty-four-year-old man.   Laird contends the testimony was
admissible pursuant to Rule 608(c) of the South Carolina Rules of Evidence.  We
affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: State v. Adams,
354 S.C. 361, 380, 580 S.E.2d 785, 795 (Ct. App. 2003) (holding arguments not
raised to or ruled upon by the trial court are not preserved for appellate
review, and a defendant may not argue one ground below and another on appeal).

AFFIRMED.

HEARN, C.J., HUFF and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

[1] Because oral argument would not aid the court in
resolving the issues on appeal, we decide this case without oral argument pursuant
to Rule 215, SCACR.