State v. Rose

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: June 17, 2015
• Docket: 2015-UP-286
• Status: Unpublished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.

James Rose, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-002750

Appeal From Charleston County Stephanie P. McDonald, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-286 Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed June 17, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Assistant Attorney General Caroline M. Scrantom, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: Rule 801(d)(2)(A), SCRE ("A statement is not hearsay if . . . [t]he statement is offered against a party and is (A) the party's own statement in either an individual or a representative capacity . . . ."); State v. Beck, 342 S.C. 129, 134, 536 S.E.2d 679, 682 (2000) ("'As a general rule, statements or declarations made by one accused of a crime are admissible against him.'" (quoting State v. Plyler, 275 S.C. 291, 295, 270 S.E.2d 126, 128 (1980))).

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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