State v. Davis

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Tyron Deshawn Davis, Appellant.

Appeal From Marion County
William H. Seals, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-289
Submitted April 2, 2012 - Filed May 9, 2012

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia; and Solicitor E.L. Clements, III, of Florence, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Tyron Deshawn Davis appeals his convictions of distributing cocaine base and distributing cocaine base within proximity of a school or park, arguing the trial court erred in denying his motion for a mistrial because of improper bolstering of a witness. We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: State v. Watts, 321 S.C. 158, 164-65, 467 S.E.2d 272, 276 (Ct. App. 1996) (holding appellant waived any complaint he had to the challenged testimony in rejecting the trial court’s offer to give a curative instruction).

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., and HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.

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