Opinion
2014-UP-005
01-08-2014
The State, Respondent, v. Breyon Toney, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2011-193669
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.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted November 1, 2013
Appeal From Darlington County J. Michael Baxley, Circuit Court Judge
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.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
SHORT, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.