State v. Brown

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.

Leroy Adams
Brown, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

Clifton Newman, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-041

Submitted December 1, 2010 – Filed
February 1, 2011   

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H.
Carter, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Christina J. Catoe, and Solicitor Daniel E.
Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Leroy Adams Brown appeals his conviction
for burglary in the first degree, arguing the trial court erred in denying his
motion for a directed verdict.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Weston, 367 S.C. 279, 292-93, 625 S.E.2d 641,
648 (2006) (explaining if any direct evidence or substantial circumstantial
evidence reasonably tends to prove the guilt of the accused, the appellate
court must find the case was properly submitted to the jury); State v. Sroka,
267 S.C. 664, 665, 230 S.E.2d 816, 817 (1976) ("Any doubt about the
correctness of [affirming the appellant's conviction] is eliminated by the
admission of appellant in open court, after conviction and during the
pre-sentence inquiry by the trial judge, that he had participated in the
robbery . . . .  Further review of the record, therefore, is rendered
unnecessary.").

AFFIRMED.

HUFF,
KONDUROS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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