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State v. Wright

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Dec 6, 2017
Appellate Case No. 2015-000636 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-000636 Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-448

12-06-2017

The State, Respondent, v. Timothy James Wright, Appellant.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Kristy Grafton Goldberg, of Law Office of Kristy Goldberg, LLC, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr., of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston; all for Respondent.


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.

Appeal From Charleston County
J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek and Kristy Grafton Goldberg, of Law Office of Kristy Goldberg, LLC, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Alphonso Simon, Jr., of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston; all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : Timothy James Wright appeals his sentences for murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, arguing the trial court erred in considering information during the sentencing hearing that was obtained from prior unrelated incident reports regarding crimes for which he was not convicted. At his sentencing hearing, Wright initially argued the trial court could not consider the incident reports. However, Wright later conceded he was not requesting that the trial court refrain from considering the incident reports but instead requesting the trial court "temper [its] consideration" of the incident reports. Therefore, Wright waived any objection to the trial court's consideration of the prior incident reports. Accordingly, we affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Baccus, 367 S.C. 41, 48, 625 S.E.2d 216, 220 (2006) ("In criminal cases, the appellate court sits to review errors of law only."); In re M.B.H., 387 S.C. 323, 326, 692 S.E.2d 541, 542 (2010) ("A sentence will not be overturned absent an abuse of discretion . . . ."); State v. Bryant, 372 S.C. 305, 315-16, 642 S.E.2d 582, 588 (2007) (explaining an issue conceded at trial cannot be argued on appeal); State v. Mitchell, 330 S.C. 189, 195, 498 S.E.2d 642, 645 (1998) (holding appellant waived an issue for appellate review because he acquiesced to the trial court's ruling).

AFFIRMED.

WILLIAMS, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Wright

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Dec 6, 2017
Appellate Case No. 2015-000636 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)
Case details for

State v. Wright

Case Details

Full title:The State, Respondent, v. Timothy James Wright, Appellant.

Court:STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 6, 2017

Citations

Appellate Case No. 2015-000636 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 6, 2017)