Opinion
2012-UP-336
05-30-2012
The State, Respondent, v. James Walter Thompson, IV, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Heard May 8, 2012
Appeal From Pickens County, Appellate Case No. 2009-135606 G. Edward Welmaker, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
James Thompson seeks reversal of his convictions based on the trial court's allegedly incomplete jury charges. At oral argument, Thompson conceded that, at trial, he "did not offer the charge as we are discussing it here today." When asked by the court how the objection to the charge was preserved, Thompson acknowledged preservation "is a difficult question." We find the issue unpreserved and affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 20, SCRCrimP (Any objection to a jury charge "shall state distinctly the matter objected to and the grounds for objection. Failure to object in accordance with this rule shall constitute a waiver of objection." (emphasis added)); State v. Morris, 307 S.C. 480, 486, 415 S.E.2d 819, 823 (Ct. App. 1991) (finding defendant's appellate objection to curative jury charge unpreserved because "[n]o issue is preserved for appellate review if the objecting party accepts the judge's ruling and does not contemporaneously make an additional objection to the sufficiency of the curative charge").
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C.J., and HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.