Opinion
2014-UP-403
11-19-2014
Andre Martin, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2012-212088
Appellate Defender Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Walter Whitmire, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted July 1, 2014
Appeal From Anderson County J.C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Carmen Vaughn Ganjehsani, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Walter Whitmire, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR). Because there is sufficient evidence to support the PCR court's finding that Petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari on Petitioner's Question One and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).
We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: McCray v. State, 271 S.C. 185, 187-88, 246 S.E.2d 230, 231 (1978) (holding, in the context of a belated appeal under White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974), "a defendant can only raise and argue on the 'belated appeal' those issues which could have been raised and argued on a timely direct appeal"); id. at 188, 246 S.E.2d at 231 ("Accordingly, [this court's] review of any alleged trial errors is limited to those which would have been before the [c]ourt had a timely direct appeal been taken."); State v. Johnston, 333 S.C. 459, 462-64, 510 S.E.2d 423, 425 (1999) (stating, absent exceptional circumstances, "a challenge to sentencing must be raised at trial, or the issue will not be preserved for appellate review").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, THOMAS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.