State v. Green

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.

Charles Green, Jr., Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-002526

Appeal From Beaufort County
J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-458
Submitted August 1, 2015 – Filed September 16, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Benjamin John Tripp, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCroy Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General Mary Williams Leddon, both
of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III, of
Bluffton, 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." (internal quotation marks omitted)); 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

SHORT, GEATHERS, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.

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