State v. Howze
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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Randy Howze, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2014-000718
Appeal From York County Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-515 Submitted October 1, 2015 – Filed November 12, 2015
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Tiffany Lorraine Butler, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 402, SCRE ("All relevant evidence is admissible[.]"); Rule 401, SCRE (Relevant evidence is "evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence"); State v. Gaster, 349 S.C. 545, 557, 564 S.E.2d 87, 93 (2002) ("The admission of evidence is within the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of discretion."); State v. McDonald, 343 S.C. 319, 325, 540 S.E.2d 464, 467 (2000) ("An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of law." (quoting Clark v. Cantrell, 339 S.C. 369, 389, 529 S.E.2d 528, 539 (2000))).
AFFIRMED.1
HUFF, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.
1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
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