Opinion
2022-UP-159 Appellate Case 2019-001014
04-06-2022
The State, Respondent, v. Terek Rasheed Goodwin, Appellant.
Tommy Arthur Thomas, of Irmo, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, 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.
Submitted March 1, 2022
Appeal From Dorchester County Perry M. Buckner, III, Circuit Court Judge
Tommy Arthur Thomas, of Irmo, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, all for Respondent.
PER CURIAM:
Terek Rasheed Goodwin appeals his conviction and thirty-year sentence for kidnapping, first-degree burglary, and common-law robbery. On appeal, he argues the trial court erred in conducting jury qualification outside his presence.
We hold Goodwin failed to preserve this issue for appellate review because he did not contemporaneously object to the manner in which the trial court conducted jury qualification. See State v. Johnson, 363 S.C. 53, 58, 609 S.E.2d 520, 523 (2005) ("To preserve an issue for review there must be a contemporaneous objection that is ruled upon by the trial court."); State v. Williams, 303 S.C. 410, 411, 401 S.E.2d 168, 169 (1991) ("A defendant must object at his first opportunity to preserve an issue for appellate review."); Johnson, 363 S.C. at 58, 609 S.E.2d at 523 ("The objection should be addressed to the trial court in a sufficiently specific manner that brings attention to the exact error."); id. at 58-59, 609 S.E.2d at 523 ("If a party fails to properly object, the party is procedurally barred from raising the issue on appeal.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
WILLIAMS, C.J., and KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., concur