Opinion
2014-MO-038
10-15-2014
Phillip F. Watts, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. Appellate Case No. 2012-213513
Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted October 8, 2014
Appeal From York County The Honorable Edgar W. Dickson, Circuit Court Judge Lower Court Case No. 2010-CP-46-03969
Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, of Columbia, for Respondent.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
Petitioner seeks a writ of certiorari from the denial of his application for post-conviction relief (PCR).
Because there is sufficient evidence to support the PCR judge's finding that petitioner did not knowingly and intelligently waive his right to a direct appeal, we grant certiorari and proceed with a review of the direct appeal issue pursuant to Davis v. State, 288 S.C. 290, 342 S.E.2d 60 (1986).
Petitioner's conviction and sentence are affirmed pursuant to pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Johnson, 363 S.C. 53, 609 S.E.2d 520 (2005) (finding to preserve an issue for review there must be a contemporaneous objection that is ruled on by the lower court); State v. Stroman, 281 S.C. 508, 316 S.E.2d 395 (1984) ("a party cannot complain of an error which his own conduct has induced").
AFFIRMED.
TOAL, C. J, PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ, concur