Opinion
2014-UP-447
12-10-2014
The State, Respondent, v. Carolyn Poe, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2013-000356
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia; and Solicitor James Strom Thurmond, Jr., of Aiken, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted October 1, 2014
Appeal From Aiken County J. Derham Cole, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, both of Columbia; and Solicitor James Strom Thurmond, Jr., of Aiken, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. McEachern, 399 S.C. 125, 137, 731 S.E.2d 604, 610 (Ct. App. 2012)("[T]he scope of cross-examination is within the discretion of the trial court, and the court's decision will not be reversed on appeal absent a showing of prejudice."); State v. Sapps, 295 S.C. 484, 486, 369 S.E.2d 145, 145-46 (1988) ("It is improper for the solicitor to cross-examine a witness in such a manner as to force him to attack the veracity of another witness."); Burgess v. State, 329 S.C. 88, 91, 495 S.E.2d 445, 447 (1998) ("[I]mproper pitting constitutes reversible error only if the accused is unfairly prejudiced."); id. (holding the petitioner was not prejudiced by improper witness pitting in light of the other evidence presented in the case); State v. Pradubsri, 403 S.C. 270, 280, 743 S.E.2d 98, 104 (Ct. App. 2013)("[T]he materiality and prejudicial character of [an] error must be determined from its relationship to the entire case." (internal quotation marks omitted)).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
WILLIAMS, GEATHERS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.