State v. Jakavis Green

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: November 26, 2025
• Docket: 2023-000846
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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.

Jakavis Green, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2023-000846

Appeal From Beaufort County Brooks P. Goldsmith, Circuit Court Judge Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2025-UP-384 Submitted November 1, 2025 – Filed November 26, 2025

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Gary Howard Johnson, II, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Jakavis Green appeals his convictions for habitual traffic offender and driving under suspension (third offense) along with his concurrent sentences of four years' and ninety days' imprisonment, respectively. On appeal, Green argues the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress because section 56-5-2120(b) of the South Carolina Code (1993) is unconstitutionally vague, and as a result, law enforcement lacked reasonable suspicion to initiate the traffic stop. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:

We hold the issue is not preserved. See State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (2003) ("In order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and ruled upon by the trial [court]. Issues not raised and ruled upon in the trial court will not be considered on appeal."); id. at 142, 587 S.E.2d at 694 ("A party need not use the exact name of a legal doctrine in order to preserve it, but it must be clear that the argument has been presented on that ground."); cf. State v. Neuman, 384 S.C. 395, 400-02, 683 S.E.2d 268, 270-71 (2009) (holding a constitutional issue was preserved for appellate review despite the defendant using different language in the argument at trial because the trial court's ruling indicated it understood and ruled on the constitutional issue).

AFFIRMED.1

KONDUROS, GEATHERS, and VINSON, JJ., concur.

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