Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2012-210208 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-434
11-27-2013
The State, Respondent, v. Nancy Haworth, Appellant.
Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Appeal From Pickens County
Brooks P. Goldsmith, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Because there was both direct and circumstantial evidence in the record tending to prove Nancy Haworth was guilty of aiding and abetting and conspiring to distribute methamphetamine as described in section 44-53-375(B) of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2012), the decision of the trial court is affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Cherry, 361 S.C. 588, 593-94, 606 S.E.2d 475, 478 (2004) ("If there is any direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial evidence reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused, an appellate court must find the case was properly submitted to the jury."); State v. Gaster, 349 S.C. 545, 555, 564 S.E.2d 87, 92 (2002) (ruling an appellate court may reverse the trial court's denial of a motion for a directed verdict only "if there is no evidence to support the trial court's ruling"); State v. Massey, 267 S.C. 432, 442, 229 S.E.2d 332, 337 (1976) ("In deciding whether the trial court erred in failing to direct a verdict in favor of a defendant in a criminal case, [the appellate court] must view the testimony in the light most favorable to the State."). AFFIRMED.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.