State v. Chaplin

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: July 16, 2014
• Docket: 2014-UP-285
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Carl Clyde Chaplin, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-213297

Appeal From Dorchester County Kristi Lea Harrington, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-285 Submitted May 1, 2014 – Filed July 16, 2014

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Mary Shannon Williams, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 801(c), SCRE ("'Hearsay' is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted."); State v. Sims, 304 S.C. 409, 420, 405 S.E.2d 377, 383 (1991) ("Evidence is not hearsay unless it is offered to show the truth of the matter asserted."); State v. Jennings, 394 S.C. 473, 478, 716 S.E.2d 91, 93 (2011) ("Improper admission of hearsay testimony constitutes reversible error only when the admission causes prejudice." (internal quotation marks omitted)); State v. Green, 397 S.C. 268, 287, 724 S.E.2d 664, 673 (2012) ("Prejudice occurs when there is a reasonable probability the wrongly admitted evidence influenced the jury's verdict."); State v. Mitchell, 286 S.C. 572, 573, 336 S.E.2d 150, 151 (1985) ("Whether an error is harmless depends on the circumstances of the particular case.").

AFFIRMED.1

WILLIAMS, KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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