Opinion
2012-UP-576
10-24-2012
The State, Respondent, v. Trevee J. Gethers, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted October 1, 2012
Appeal From Dorchester County Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge Appellate Case No. 2010-178687
Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Trevee J. Gethers appeals his conviction of murder, arguing the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict because the State failed to produce sufficient evidence to prove Gethers murdered the victim. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Weston, 367 S.C. 279, 292, 625 S.E.2d 641, 648 (2006) ("When ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence or nonexistence of evidence, not its weight."); id. ("When reviewing a denial of a directed verdict, [an appellate court] views the evidence and all reasonable inferences in the light most favorable to the state."); id. at 292–93, 625 S.E.2d at 648 ("If there is any direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial evidence reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused, the [c]ourt must find the case was properly submitted to the jury.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C. J, and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ, concur