State v. McFadden ( 2020 )

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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.
Marcus C. McFadden, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2017-002175
Appeal From Sumter County
W. Jeffrey Young, Circuit Court Judge
George M. McFaddin, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-188
Submitted October 1, 2019 – Filed June 17, 2020
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin,
and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William
M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest
Adolphus Finney, III, of Sumter; all for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Marcus Codell McFadden appeals the circuit court's denial of his
post-trial motion to reconsider his concurrent sentences of twenty years'
imprisonment for burglary and one-year's imprisonment for assault and battery by
mob. On appeal, McFadden argues the circuit court abused its discretion and
based its ruling on an erroneous view of the law. However, this issue is not
preserved for appellate review. Although the circuit court ruled on the post-trial
motion for a new trial as it related to the denial of McFadden's motion to sever his
trial from that of his co-defendant, the court did not rule on the question of
McFadden's sentence—and the attorneys made no argument as to sentencing at the
hearing. Accordingly, we affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the
following authorities: See State v. Dawson, 402 S.C. 160, 163, 740 S.E.2d 501,
502 (2013) ("In criminal cases, the appellate court sits to review errors of law
only."); State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 694 (2003) ("In order
for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and
ruled upon by the [circuit court]. Issues not raised and ruled upon in the [circuit]
court will not be considered on appeal.").
AFFIRMED.1
HUFF, WILLIAMS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.