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State v. Craig

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 26, 2014
2014-UP-431 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 26, 2014)

Opinion

2014-UP-431

11-26-2014

The State, Respondent, v. Kenneth Jowan Craig, Appellant. Apellate Case No. 2013-001690

Dennis Gregory Placone, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, both of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Barry Joe Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Heard November 6, 2014

Appeal From Spartanburg County Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge

Dennis Gregory Placone, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Barry Joe Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority: Perry v. New Hampshire, 132 S.Ct. 716, 728 (2012) ("The fallibility of eyewitness evidence does not, without the taint of improper state conduct, warrant a due process rule requiring a trial court to screen such evidence for reliability before allowing the jury to assess its creditworthiness."); id. at 730 ("[T]he Due Process Clause does not require a preliminary judicial inquiry into the reliability of an eyewitness identification when the identification was not procured under unnecessarily suggestive circumstances arranged by law enforcement.").

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J, and GEATHERS and LOCKEMY, JJ, concur


Summaries of

State v. Craig

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Nov 26, 2014
2014-UP-431 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 26, 2014)
Case details for

State v. Craig

Case Details

Full title:The State, Respondent, v. Kenneth Jowan Craig, Appellant. Apellate Case…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Nov 26, 2014

Citations

2014-UP-431 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 26, 2014)