State v. Gathings ( 2012 )

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CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Allen Joe Gathings, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2010-176326
Appeal From Marlboro County
Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-494
Submitted August 1, 2012 – Filed August 22, 2012
AFFIRMED
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.").
AFFIRMED.
HUFF, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.