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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

James Joseph Barnett, Appellant.

Appeal From Spartanburg County
J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-532
Submitted November 1, 2011 � Filed December 2, 2011���

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, 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 Mark R. Farthing, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:� James Joseph Barnett appeals his convictions for assault and battery with intent to kill, armed robbery, and kidnapping, arguing the trial court abused its discretion by allowing him to absent himself from the proceedings.� We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority:� State v. Ravenell, 387 S.C. 449, 456, 692 S.E.2d 554, 558 (Ct. App. 2010) ("In order to claim the protection afforded by the rule of law that a criminal defendant may be tried in his absence only upon a trial court's finding that the defendant has received the requisite notice of his right to be present and advisement that the trial would proceed in his absence if he failed to attend, a defendant or his attorney must object at the first opportunity to do so, and failure to so object constitutes waiver of the issue on appeal." (citation omitted)).

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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