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 Court of Appeals The State, Respondent, v. Boris Phillips, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-000338

Appeal From Horry County Larry B. Hyman, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-429 Submitted October 1, 2014 – Filed November 26, 2014

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Shannon Williams, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy Arthur Richardson, II, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: State v. Johnston, 333 S.C. 459, 462-64, 510 S.E.2d 423, 425 (1999) (holding that, except in exceptional circumstances, "a challenge to sentencing must be raised at trial, or the issue will not be preserved for appellate review").

AFFIRMED.1 WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.