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State v. Jackson

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 29, 2015
2015-UP-389 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 29, 2015)

Opinion

2015-UP-389

07-29-2015

The State, Respondent, v. Benjamin J. Jackson, III, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2012-210107

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Williams Leddon, both of Columbia, for Respondent.


UNPUBLISHED OPINION

Submitted June 1, 2015

Appeal From Berkeley County J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Williams Leddon, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:

Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. McConnell, 290 S.C. 278, 280, 350 S.E.2d 179, 180 (1986) ("The admission or exclusion of evidence is largely within the sound discretion of the trial court."); Rule 401, SCRE ("'Relevant evidence' means 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."); Rule 402, SCRE ("Evidence which is not relevant is not admissible."); Rule 403, SCRE ("Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice . . . .").

AFFIRMED.

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

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

State v. Jackson

Court of Appeals of South Carolina
Jul 29, 2015
2015-UP-389 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 29, 2015)
Case details for

State v. Jackson

Case Details

Full title:The State, Respondent, v. Benjamin J. Jackson, III, Appellant. Appellate…

Court:Court of Appeals of South Carolina

Date published: Jul 29, 2015

Citations

2015-UP-389 (S.C. Ct. App. Jul. 29, 2015)