THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Israel Wilds, Appellant.
Appeal From
Richland County
Marc H.
Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished
Opinion No. 03-UP-152
Submitted
January 13, 2003 – Filed February 20, 2003
AFFIRMED
Deputy Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for appellant.
Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, of Columbia; Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia; for respondent.
PER CURIAM: Israel Wilds appeals his convictions for murder and armed robbery, arguing the trial court erred in limiting cross-examination of two of the State=s witnesses.
We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(2), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Sims, 348 S.C. 16, 26 n.2, 558 S.E.2d 518, 524 n.2 (2002) (AOn appeal, appellant also argues the trial court=s ruling violated the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution; however, this issue is not preserved for review because it was not raised at trial.@); State v. Prioleau, 345 S.C. 404, 411, 548 S.E.2d 213, 216 (2001) (AIn order to preserve for review an alleged error in admitting evidence an objection should be sufficiently specific to bring into focus the precise nature of the alleged error so it can be reasonably understood by the trial judge.@); State v. Hoffman, 312 S.C. 386, 393, 440 S.E.2d 869, 873 (1994) (AThe issue which is not properly preserved cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.@).
AFFIRMED.
GOOLSBY, HUFF, and SHULER, JJ., concur.