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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

The State, Respondent,

v.

Alfonzo J. Howard, Appellant.

Appeal from Beaufort County
Carmen T. Mullen, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No. 2011-MO-006
Heard February 3, 2011 – Filed February 22, 2011  

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant  Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:  State v. Ramsey, 345 S.C. 607, 550 S.E.2d 294 (2001); State v. Tindall, 379 S.C. 304, 665 S.E.2d 188 (Ct. App. 2008) reversed on other grounds 388 S.C. 518, 698 S.E.2d 263 (2010); State v. Kirton, 381 S.C. 7, 671 S.E.2d 107 (Ct. App. 2008); State v. Williams, 263 S.C. 290, 210 S.E.2d 298 (1974); and State v. Byrant, 369 S.C. 511, 633 S.E.2d 152 (2004).

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.