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State v. Chaplin

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Jul 16, 2014
Appellate Case No. 2012-213297 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 16, 2014)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2012-213297 Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-285

07-16-2014

The State, Respondent, v. Carl Clyde Chaplin, Appellant.

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Shannon Williams, both of Columbia, 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 Dorchester County

Kristi Lea Harrington, Circuit Court Judge


AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Shannon Williams, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 801(c), SCRE ("'Hearsay' is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted."); State v. Sims, 304 S.C. 409, 420, 405 S.E.2d 377, 383 (1991) ("Evidence is not hearsay unless it is offered to show the truth of the matter asserted."); State v. Jennings, 394 S.C. 473, 478, 716 S.E.2d 91, 93 (2011) ("Improper admission of hearsay testimony constitutes reversible error only when the admission causes prejudice." (internal quotation marks omitted)); State v. Green, 397 S.C. 268, 287, 724 S.E.2d 664, 673 (2012) ("Prejudice occurs when there is a reasonable probability the wrongly admitted evidence influenced the jury's verdict."); State v. Mitchell, 286 S.C. 572, 573, 336 S.E.2d 150, 151 (1985) ("Whether an error is harmless depends on the circumstances of the particular case."). AFFIRMED.

We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Chaplin

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Jul 16, 2014
Appellate Case No. 2012-213297 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 16, 2014)
Case details for

State v. Chaplin

Case Details

Full title:The State, Respondent, v. Carl Clyde Chaplin, Appellant.

Court:STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jul 16, 2014

Citations

Appellate Case No. 2012-213297 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 16, 2014)