State v. Newland

CourtCourt of Appeals of South Carolina
DecidedDecember 23, 2013
Docket2013-UP-483
StatusUnpublished

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State v. Newland, (S.C. Ct. App. 2013).

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Debra Solt Newland, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-202968

Appeal From Greenville County Robin B. Stilwell, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-483 Submitted December 1, 2013 – Filed December 23, 2013

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Deputy Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Kennerly, 331 S.C. 442, 455, 503 S.E.2d 214, 221 (Ct. App. 1998), aff'd, 337 S.C. 617, 524 S.E.2d 837 (1999) ("In reviewing a denial of directed verdict, issues not raised to the trial court in support of the directed verdict motion are not preserved for appellate review."); State v. Bailey, 298 S.C. 1, 5, 377 S.E.2d 581, 584 (1989) ("A party cannot argue one ground for a directed verdict in trial and then an alternative ground on appeal."); State v. Bailey, 368 S.C. 39, 43 n.4, 626 S.E.2d 898, 900 n.4 (Ct. App. 2006) ("If a defendant presents evidence after the denial of his directed verdict motion at the close of the State's case, he must make another directed verdict motion at the close of all evidence in order to appeal the sufficiency of the evidence."); State v. Adams, 332 S.C. 139, 144, 504 S.E.2d 124, 126 (Ct. App. 1998) (finding the defendant's argument was not preserved because the "precise argument [asserted on appeal] was neither raised to nor ruled upon by the trial court," and "the record [did] not reflect that [the defendant] renewed the [directed verdict] motion at the close of his case").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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

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Related

State v. Bailey
626 S.E.2d 898 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 2006)
State v. Kennerly
524 S.E.2d 837 (Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1999)
State v. Kennerly
503 S.E.2d 214 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 1998)
State v. Adams
504 S.E.2d 124 (Court of Appeals of South Carolina, 1998)
State v. Bailey
377 S.E.2d 581 (Supreme Court of South Carolina, 1989)

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