Opinion
2015-UP-360
07-15-2015
The State, Respondent, v. Matthew Antwain Jackson, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2013-001857
Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.
Unpublished Opinion
Submitted May 1, 2015
Appeal From Greenwood County Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM:
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Taylor, 411 S.C. 294, 299, 768 S.E.2d 71, 74 (Ct. App. 2014) ("[A]n appellate court is bound by the trial court's factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous."); State v. Knoten, 347 S.C. 296, 302, 555 S.E.2d 391, 394 (2001) ("The law to be charged must be determined from the evidence presented at trial."); State v. Watson, 349 S.C. 372, 375, 563 S.E.2d 336, 337 (2002) ("The primary test for determining if a particular offense is a lesser included of the offense charged is the elements test."); State v. Northcut, 372 S.C. 207, 215-16, 641 S.E.2d 873, 877-78 (2007) (holding an offense is not a lesser-included offense if it contains an element not included in the greater offense); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-95(A) (2003) ("It is unlawful to inflict great bodily injury upon a child."); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-95(C) (2003) ("'[G]reat bodily injury' means bodily injury which creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious or permanent disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ."); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-5-80 (2010) (stating it is unlawful to "cruelly ill-treat[] . . . or inflict[] unnecessary pain or suffering upon a child").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.