State v. Williams

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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.

Jalann Lee Williams, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2015-000115

Appeal From Charleston County
R. Lawton McIntosh, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-015
Submitted October 1, 2016 – Filed January 11, 2017

AFFIRMED

Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael Dudek, 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 Sherrie Ann Butterbaugh, 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: State v. Stanko, 402 S.C. 252, 264, 741 S.E.2d 708, 714 (2013) ("[An
appellate court] will not reverse a trial court's decision regarding a jury instruction
absent an abuse of discretion."); State v. Lemire, 406 S.C. 558, 565, 753 S.E.2d
247, 251 (Ct. App. 2013) ("An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's
ruling is based on an error of law or, when grounded in factual conclusions, is
without evidentiary support." (quoting Clark v. Cantrell, 339 S.C. 369, 389, 529
S.E.2d 528, 539 (2000))); State v. Light, 378 S.C. 641, 649, 664 S.E.2d 465, 469
(2008) ("A self-defense charge is not required unless it is supported by the
evidence."); Stone v. State, 294 S.C. 286, 287, 363 S.E.2d 903, 904 (1988) ("Upon
request, a defendant is entitled to a jury instruction on self-defense if he has
produced evidence tending to show the four elements of that defense." (emphasis
added)).

AFFIRMED.1

LOCKEMY, C.J., and KONDUROS and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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