Opinion
2012-MO-035
09-12-2012
Julius Powell, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2010-154527
Tricia A. Blanchette, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted September 5, 2012
Appeal From Lexington County R. Lawton McIntosh, Post-Conviction Relief Judge L. Casey Manning, Plea Judge No. 2012-MO-035
Tricia A. Blanchette, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, all 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 judge's finding that petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari as to petitioner's Question I, dispense with further briefing, 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). The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied as to petitioner's Question II.
Petitioner's convictions and sentences are affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. McKinney, 278 S.C. 107, 292 S.E.2d 598 (1982) (failure to object at the plea proceeding that the guilty plea is not knowing and voluntary precludes consideration of the issue on appeal).
AFFIRMED.
TOAL, C. J, PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ, concur