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.

Matthew Antwain Jackson, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001857

Appeal From Greenwood County
Frank R. Addy, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-360
Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed July 15, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General J. Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia;
and Solicitor David M. Stumbo, of Greenwood, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Taylor, 411 S.C. 294, 299, 768 S.E.2d 71, 74 (Ct. App. 2014)
("[A]n appellate court is bound by the trial court's factual findings unless they are
clearly erroneous."); State v. Knoten, 347 S.C. 296, 302, 555 S.E.2d 391, 394
(2001) ("The law to be charged must be determined from the evidence presented at
trial."); State v. Watson, 349 S.C. 372, 375, 563 S.E.2d 336, 337 (2002) ("The
primary test for determining if a particular offense is a lesser included of the
offense charged is the elements test."); State v. Northcut, 372 S.C. 207, 215-16,
641 S.E.2d 873, 877-78 (2007) (holding an offense is not a lesser-included offense
if it contains an element not included in the greater offense); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-
3-95(A) (2003) ("It is unlawful to inflict great bodily injury upon a child."); S.C.
Code Ann. § 16-3-95(C) (2003) ("'[G]reat bodily injury' means bodily injury which
creates a substantial risk of death or which causes serious or permanent
disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of any bodily
member or organ."); S.C. Code Ann. § 63-5-80 (2010) (stating it is unlawful to
"cruelly ill-treat[] . . . or inflict[] unnecessary pain or suffering upon a child").

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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