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 Ronald Coulter #300410, Appellant, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2013-002379

Appeal From Charleston County R. Markley Dennis, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-378 Submitted September 1, 2017 – Filed October 18, 2017

AFFIRMED

Ronald Coulter, pro se.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General James Rutledge Johnson, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: McWee v. State, 357 S.C. 403, 406, 593 S.E.2d 456, 457 (2004) ("Habeas relief will be granted only for a constitutional claim rising to the level of 'a violation, which in the setting, constitutes a denial of fundamental fairness shocking to the universal sense of justice.'" (quoting Green v. Maynard, 349 S.C. 535, 538, 564 S.E.2d 83, 84 (2002))); Williams v. Ozmint, 380 S.C. 473, 477, 671 S.E.2d 600, 602 (2008) ("Habeas relief is seldom used and acts as an ultimate ensurer of fundamental constitutional rights.").

AFFIRMED.1 SHORT, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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