In The Interest of J. C.

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

In The Interest
of J. C., A Minor Under
The Age of Seventeen, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

Alvin D. Johnson, Family Court Judge

Wesley L. Brown, Family Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-223

Submitted May 1, 2009 – Filed May 27, 2009

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster; Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh; Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott; Senior
Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor
Robert Mills Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: J.C.
alleges the family court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict. 
We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Weston,
367 S.C. 279, 292-93, 625 S.E.2d 641, 648 (2006) (“When ruling on a motion for
a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence or
nonexistence of evidence, not its weight.  A defendant is entitled to a
directed verdict when the state fails to produce evidence of the offense
charged.”); State v. Childs, 299 S.C. 471, 47, 385 S.E.2d 839, 843
(1989) (explaining a directed verdict motion should be denied when there is any
evidence, direct or circumstantial, which reasonably tends to prove the guilt
of the accused or from which the guilt of the accused may be fairly and
logically deduced).  

AFFIRMED.[1]

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

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