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State v. Howze

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Nov 12, 2015
Appellate Case No. 2014-000718 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 12, 2015)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2014-000718 Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-515

11-12-2015

The State, Respondent, v. Randy Howze, Appellant.

Appellate Defender Tiffany Lorraine Butler, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, 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 York County
Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Tiffany Lorraine Butler, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM : Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 402, SCRE ("All relevant evidence is admissible[.]"); Rule 401, SCRE (Relevant evidence is "evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence"); State v. Gaster, 349 S.C. 545, 557, 564 S.E.2d 87, 93 (2002) ("The admission of evidence is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion."); State v. McDonald, 343 S.C. 319, 325, 540 S.E.2d 464, 467 (2000) ("An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of law." (quoting Clark v. Cantrell, 339 S.C. 369, 389, 529 S.E.2d 528, 539 (2000))). AFFIRMED. HUFF, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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


Summaries of

State v. Howze

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
Nov 12, 2015
Appellate Case No. 2014-000718 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 12, 2015)
Case details for

State v. Howze

Case Details

Full title:The State, Respondent, v. Randy Howze, Appellant.

Court:STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Nov 12, 2015

Citations

Appellate Case No. 2014-000718 (S.C. Ct. App. Nov. 12, 2015)