State v. Toney

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Breyon Toney, Appellant.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Jan 8, 2014

Appellate Case No. 2011-193669 (S.C. Ct. App. Jan. 8, 2014)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2011-193669 Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-005

01-08-2014

The State, Respondent, v. Breyon Toney, Appellant.

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Brendan Jackson McDonald, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

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 Darlington County

J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Brendan Jackson McDonald, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Baccus, 367 S.C. 41, 48, 625 S.E.2d 216, 220 (2006) ("In criminal cases, the appellate court sits to review errors of law only."); State v. Holder, 382 S.C. 278, 288, 676 S.E.2d 690, 696 (2009) ("The admission or exclusion of testimonial evidence falls within the sound discretion of the trial court, whose decision will not be disturbed on appeal absent abuse resulting in prejudice."); State v. Edwards, 383 S.C. 66, 72, 678 S.E.2d 405, 408 (2009) ("[W]itness intimidation evidence, if linked to the defendant, may be admitted to show a consciousness of guilt."); id. ("Establishing the defendant as the source of the intimidation provides the necessary reliability for admissibility."). AFFIRMED.¹

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

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.