Opinion
2014-UP-032
01-22-2014
The State, Respondent, v. Fred Madden, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2011-199606
Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted November 1, 2013
Appeal From Laurens County Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General Melody Jane Brown, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Brandt, 393 S.C. 526, 549, 713 S.E.2d 591, 603 (2011) (holding the trial court '''is required to charge only the current and correct law of South Carolina'" (quoting Sheppard v. State, 357 S.C. 646, 665, 594 S.E.2d 462, 472 (2004))); State v. Wharton, 381 S.C. 209, 213, 672 S.E.2d 786, 788 (2009) ("A trial court's decision regarding jury charges will not be reversed where the charges, as a whole, properly charged the law to be applied."); State v. Logan, 405 S.C. 83, 93, 747 S.E.2d 444, 449 (2013) (rejecting the appellant's argument that the utilization of the Edwards circumstantial evidence charge in State v. Bostick and State v. Odems implied the Edwards charge was still good law, reasoning "Bostick and Odems analyzed the standard relied on by the trial court in assessing circumstantial evidence, and not the standard relied on by jurors").
State v. Edwards, 298 S.C. 272, 275, 379 S.E.2d 888, 889 (1989).
392 S.C. 134, 708 S.E.2d 774 (2011).
395 S.C. 582, 720 S.E.2d 48 (2011).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
SHORT, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.