State v. Grimmage

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OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Roddrekius M.
Grimmage, Appellant.

Appeal From Horry County

Edward B. Cottingham, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-500

Submitted September 2, 2008 – Filed
September 5, 2008

AFFIRMED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, South Carolina
Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior
Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor
John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Roddrekius
M. Grimmage appeals from his conviction
for first-degree burglary, arguing the trial court erred by failing to direct a
verdict in his favor.  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 and 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] We decide this
case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.