State v. Gathings

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Allen Joe Gathings, Appellant. Appellate Case…

Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Aug 22, 2012

2012-UP-494 (S.C. Ct. App. Aug. 22, 2012)

Opinion

2012-UP-494

08-22-2012

The State, Respondent, v. Allen Joe Gathings, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2010-176326

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Brendan J. McDonald, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William B. Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted August 1, 2012

Appeal From Marlboro County Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge.

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Brendan J. McDonald, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William B. Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed¹ pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Jones v. Lott, 387 S.C. 339, 346, 692 S.E.2d 900, 903 (2010) ("Under the two issue rule, where a decision is based on more than one ground, the appellate court will affirm unless the appellant appeals all grounds because the unappealed ground will become the law of the case.").

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.