State v. Grimmage

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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Unpublished Opinion No. 2008-UP-500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.