Opinion
2015-UP-326
07-01-2015
The State, Respondent, v. Michael E. Hyatt, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2014-000083
Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Christina Catoe Bigelow, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Douglas A. Barfield, Jr., of Kershaw, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted March 1, 2015
Appeal From Lancaster County Brian M. Gibbons, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Christina Catoe Bigelow, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Douglas A. Barfield, Jr., of Kershaw, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM:
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Wilson, 345 S.C. 1, 5, 545 S.E.2d 827, 829 (2001) ("In criminal cases, the appellate court sits to review errors of law only."); id. ("We are bound by the trial court's factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous."); State v. Barksdale, 311 S.C. 210, 216, 428 S.E.2d 498, 502 (Ct. App. 1993) ("When a jury requests an additional charge, it is sufficient for the [trial] court to charge only those matters necessary to answer the jury's request."); State v. Nichols, 325 S.C. 111, 118-19, 481 S.E.2d 118, 122 (1997) (holding a trial court's decision to recharge the jury on the offenses and refusal to recharge on self-defense because the jury did not specifically ask for clarification on self-defense was not error).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
KONDUROS, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.