Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2016-002531 Unpublished Opinion No. 2020-UP-192
06-24-2020
The State, Respondent, v. Travis Jacqueese McFadden, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant DeputyAttorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Vann Henry Gunter, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Ernest Adolphus Finney, III, of Sumter, 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.
Appeal From Sumter County
W. Jeffrey Young, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant DeputyAttorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Vann Henry Gunter, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Ernest Adolphus Finney, III, of Sumter, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : Travis Jacqueese McFadden asserts on appeal his guilty plea was not voluntary because the State did not disclose a sentencing recommendation to the plea court. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Dunbar, 356 S.C. 138, 142, 587 S.E.2d 691, 693-94 (2003) ("In order for an issue to be preserved for appellate review, it must have been raised to and ruled upon by the [plea] judge. Issues not raised and ruled upon in the [plea] court will not be considered on appeal."); State v. McKinney, 278 S.C. 107, 108, 292 S.E.2d 598, 599 (1982) (requiring an appellant assert the involuntariness of a guilty plea before the trial court to preserve the issue for appellate review). AFFIRMED. WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and HILL, JJ., concur.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.