Opinion
2018-UP-005
01-10-2018
The State, Respondent, v. Maria Todd Martin, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2016-000745
Clarence Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, 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 November 1, 2017
Appeal From Greenwood County Donald B. Hocker, Circuit Court Judge.
Clarence Rauch Wise, of Greenwood, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, all for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
Maria Todd Martin appeals a circuit court order reversing an evidentiary pretrial ruling issued by a magistrate in a driving under the influence (DUI) trial. On appeal, Martin argues the circuit court erred in (1) allowing the State to proceed on its appeal of the magistrate's decision to suppress a video recording of her refusal to undergo field sobriety testing and (2) finding the magistrate abused his discretion in excluding evidence of her refusal to take the test. Pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities, we dismiss Martin's appeal: State v. Rearick, 417 S.C. 391, 400, 790 S.E.2d 192, 197 (2016) (noting the Supreme Court of South Carolina "has consistently held that a criminal defendant may not appeal until sentence is imposed"), cert denied, 137 S.Ct. 1582 (2017); Ashenfelder v. City of Georgetown, 389 S.C. 568, 571, 698 S.E.2d 856, 858 (Ct. App. 2010) (holding an appellate court may address the issue of appealability ex mero motu).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
SHORT, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.