Opinion
2014-UP-260
06-25-2014
Raymond Edmonds, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2010-168749
Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Deputy Attorney General David Spencer, and Assistant Attorney General Daniel Gourley, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Heard September 11, 2013
Appeal From Richland County Clifton Newman, Trial Judge G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Post-Conviction Relief Judge
Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Deputy Attorney General David Spencer, and Assistant Attorney General Daniel Gourley, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
In this appeal from the circuit court's denial of post-conviction relief (PCR), Petitioner argues defense counsel was ineffective in failing to provide an adversarial challenge to the State's case. Petitioner did not raise an argument of per se prejudice at the PCR hearing and this issue was not ruled on by the PCR court. Thus, this issue is not preserved. See Kolle v. State, 386 S.C. 578, 589, 690 S.E.2d 73, 79 (2010) (noting an issue that was neither raised to nor ruled upon by the PCR court is not preserved for appellate review). Petitioner was required to demonstrate "he was prejudiced by counsel's performance in such a manner that, but for counsel's error, there is a reasonable probability the result of the proceedings would have been different." Taylor v. State, 404 S.C. 350, 359, 745 S.E.2d 97, 102 (2013). However, Petitioner failed to challenge the PCR court's determination that he was not prejudiced by defense counsel's representation. Accordingly, this determination is the law of the case. See Caprood v. State, 338 S.C. 103, 112, 525 S.E.2d 514, 518 (2000) (stating an unappealed ruling is the law of the case and will not be considered by the court).
AFFIRMED.
HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.