Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2012-213513 Memorandum Opinion No. 2014-MO-038
10-15-2014
Phillip F. Watts, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.
Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, of Columbia, 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.
Lower Court Case No. 2010-CP-46-03969
Appeal From York County
The Honorable Edgar W. Dickson, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, of Columbia, for Respondent.
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").