Opinion
2014-UP-312
08-06-2014
The State, Respondent, v. Bronson Shelley, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted July 1, 2014
Appeal From Colleton County Perry M. Buckner, Circuit Court Judge No. 2012-213520
Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of Bluffton, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Kinard, 373 S.C. 500, 503, 646 S.E.2d 168, 169 (Ct. App. 2007) ("An appellate court will not reverse the trial [court]'s decision regarding jury charges absent an abuse of discretion." (internal quotation marks omitted)); State v. Halcomb, 382 S.C. 432, 438, 676 S.E.2d 149, 152 (Ct. App. 2009) ("An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of law."); Sheppard v. State, 357 S.C. 646, 665, 594 S.E.2d 462, 472 (2004) ("In general, the trial court is required to charge only the current and correct law of South Carolina."); State v. Miller, 397 S.C. 630, 635, 725 S.E.2d 724, 727 (Ct. App. 2012), cert. granted, SC Sup. Ct. Order dated Nov. 20, 2013 (noting an appellate court "must consider the [trial] court's jury charge as a whole in light of the evidence and issues presented at trial" (alteration in original)); Tate v. State, 351 S.C. 418, 426, 570 S.E.2d 522, 527 (2002) ("Malice is the wrongful intent to injure another . . . .").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, THOMAS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.