Case Name: Robert LUCKETT, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1995-09-18
Citations: 319 S.C. 555
Docket Number: 24313
Parties: Robert LUCKETT, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.
Judges: Burnett, AJ., not participating.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 319
Pages: 555–556

Head Matter:
24313
Robert LUCKETT, Petitioner v. STATE of South Carolina, Respondent.
(462 S.E. (2d) 858)
Supreme Court
Assistant Appellate Defender Lisa T. Gregory, of the South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for petitioner.
Attorney General T. Travis Medlock, Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., and Assistant Attorneys General Teresa Nesbitt Cosby and C. Havird Jones, Jr., Columbia, for respondent.
Submitted Aug. 23, 1995.
Decided Sept. 18, 1995.

Opinion:
Per Curiam:
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for postconviction relief (PCR).
Because there is sufficient evidence to support the PCR judge's finding that petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari on petitioner's Question 1 and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issues pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E. (2d) 60 (1986). We deny certiorari as to petitioner's Question 2.
The direct appeal issues are affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Issue 1: State v. Hudgins, 460 S.E. (2d) 388 (S.C. Sup. Ct. 1995) (Davis Adv. Sh. No. 17 at 43) (an issue may not be raised for the first time on appeal, but must have been raised to the trial judge to be preserved for appellate review); State v. Stewart, 275 S.C. 447, 272 S.E. (2d) 628 (1989); State v. Thompson, 276 S.C. 616, 281 S.E. (2d) 216 (1981); Issue 2: United States v. Felix, 503 U.S. 378, 112 S.Ct. 1377, 118 L.Ed. (2d) 25 (1992); State v. Hudgins, supra.
Burnett, AJ., not participating.