State v. Frasier

THIS
OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS
PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Moses A.
Frasier, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

James C. Williams, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-052

Submitted January 2, 2009 – Filed January
15, 2009   

AFFIRMED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant
Attorney William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne
Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Moses A. Frasier appeals his conviction
and sentence for voluntary manslaughter, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to suppress a statement
he made to a police officer.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Navy,
370 S.C. 398, 405, 635 S.E.2d 549, 553 (Ct. App. 2006) (“Appellate review
of whether a person is in custody for Miranda purposes is limited to a
determination of whether the trial judge’s ruling is supported by the record.”); Bradley v. State, 316 S.C. 255, 257, 449 S.E.2d 492, 493-94 (1994) (“The
relevant inquiry is whether a reasonable man in the suspect’s position would
have understood himself to be in custody.”).

AFFIRMED.

HEARN,
C.J., SHORT and KONDUROS, JJ., concur. 

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