State v. Porcher

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.

Marvin Xavier Porcher, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001620

Appeal From Charleston County
Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-124
Submitted January 1, 2015 – Filed March 11, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., both of
Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of
Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Cherry, 361 S.C. 588, 593, 606 S.E.2d 475, 477-78 (2004)
("When ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with
the existence or nonexistence of evidence, not its weight."); State v. McKnight, 352
S.C. 635, 642, 576 S.E.2d 168, 172 (2003) ("On appeal from the denial of a
directed verdict, an appellate court must view the evidence in the light most
favorable to the State."); State v. Weston, 367 S.C. 279, 292-93, 625 S.E.2d 641,
648 (2006) ("If there is any direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial
evidence reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused, [the appellate court]
must find the case was properly submitted to the jury.").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, SHORT, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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