Opinion
2012-UP-334
05-30-2012
The State, Respondent, v. Jeremy Saquan Wright, Appellant.
Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Salter, III, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William B. Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted May 1, 2012
Appeal From Dillon County Thomas A. Russo, Circuit Court Judge.
Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Salter, III, all of Columbia; and Solicitor William B. Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Jeremy Saquan Wright appeals his convictions of murder and possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to allow him to cross-examine a witness regarding bias. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Quattlebaum, 338 S.C. 441, 450, 527 S.E.2d 105, 109 (2000) ("As a general rule, a trial court's ruling on the proper scope of cross-examination will not be disturbed absent a manifest abuse of discretion."); State v. Aleksey, 343 S.C. 20, 33, 538 S.E.2d 248, 255 (2000) ("The right to a meaningful cross-examination of an adverse witness is included in the defendant's Sixth Amendment right to confront his accusers."); id. at 33-34, 538 S.E.2d at 255 ("This does not mean, however, that trial courts conducting criminal trials lose their usual discretion to limit the scope of cross-examination."); id. at 34, 538 S.E.2d at 255 ("On the contrary, trial [courts] retain wide latitude... to impose reasonable limits on such cross-examination based on concerns about, among other things, harassment, prejudice, confusion of the issues, witness' safety, or interrogation that is repetitive or only marginally relevant." (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
PIEPER, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.