THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State,        Respondent,

v.

Jemal Grubbs,        Appellant.

Appeal from Horry County
J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2004-MO-035
Heard May 27, 2004 - Filed July 12, 2004

AFFIRMED

Assistant Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Columbia; and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority:  State v. Young, 243 S.C. 187, 133 S.E.2d 210 (1963) (indictment sufficiently alleges assault and battery of high and aggravated nature in general terms).

MOORE, A.C.J., WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., and Acting Justice Clifton B. Newman, concur.