Opinion
Appellate Case No. 2011-182046 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-211
05-22-2013
The State, Respondent, v. Brandon Jerome Simmons, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Breen Richard Stevens, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Appeal From Charleston County
Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Breen Richard Stevens, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent. PER CURIAM : Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Bantan, 387 S.C. 412, 417, 692 S.E.2d 201, 203 (Ct. App. 2010) ("The decision to grant or deny a mistrial is within the sound discretion of the trial court and will not be overturned on appeal absent an abuse of discretion amounting to an error of law."); State v. Pagan, 369 S.C. 201, 212, 631 S.E.2d 262, 267 (2006) ("Error is harmless beyond a reasonable doubt where it did not contribute to the verdict obtained."); State v. Green, 397 S.C. 268, 288, 724 S.E.2d 664, 674 (2012) (stating that an error is harmless when competent evidence conclusively proves guilt such that no other rational conclusion is possible); State v. Richardson, 358 S.C. 586, 596-97, 595 S.E.2d 858, 863 (Ct. App. 2004) (finding erroneous admission of improper testimony harmless when the testimony was cumulative to other testimony admitted without objection). AFFIRMED.
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.