Title: State v. Castro

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

Document:

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 Supreme Court The State, Respondent, v. Eric Castro, Appellant. Appeal From Dorchester County Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2007-MO-044 Heard June 7, 2007 Filed June 25, 2007 AFFIRMED Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, Division of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. McWee, 322 S.C. 387, 472 S.E.2d 235 (1996) (a constitutional argument is unpreserved for appeal where appellant failed to raise the argument at trial); State v. Bailey, 298 S.C. 1, 5-6, 377 S.E.2d 581, 584 (1989) (a party cannot argue one ground for a directed verdict at trial and then an alternative ground on appeal). TOAL, C.J., MOORE, WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., concur.