State v. Jackson

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.

Benjamin J. Jackson, III, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-210107

Appeal From Berkeley County
J. C. Nicholson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-389
Submitted June 1, 2015 – Filed July 29, 2015

AFFIRMED

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

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

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. McConnell, 290 S.C. 278, 280, 350 S.E.2d 179, 180 (1986)
("The admission or exclusion of evidence is largely within the sound discretion of
the trial court."); Rule 401, SCRE ("'Relevant evidence' means 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."); Rule 402, SCRE ("Evidence which is not relevant is not
admissible."); Rule 403, SCRE ("Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if
its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair
prejudice . . . .").

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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