Opinion
2012-UP-055
02-01-2012
The State, Respondent, v. Marco Andrea Clark, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest A. Finney, III, of Sumter, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted January 3, 2012.
Appeal From Clarendon County Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest A. Finney, III, of Sumter, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Marco Andrea Clark appeals his convictions for armed robbery and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime. He argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for funds to hire an expert to determine whether Clark lacked the capacity to distinguish moral or legal right from moral or legal wrong at the time of the crime. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rivers v. Strickland, 264 S.C. 121, 124, 213 S.E.2d 97, 98 (1975) ("The general rule is that a plea of guilty, voluntarily and understandingly made, constitutes a waiver of nonjurisdictional defects and defenses, including claims of violation of constitutional rights prior to the plea.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.