State v. Shelley

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.

Bronson Shelley, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-213520

Appeal From Colleton County
Perry M. Buckner, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2014-UP-312
Submitted July 1, 2014 – Filed August 6, 2014

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, 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. Kinard, 373 S.C. 500, 503, 646 S.E.2d 168, 169 (Ct. App.
2007) ("An appellate court will not reverse the trial [court]'s decision regarding
jury charges absent an abuse of discretion." (internal quotation marks omitted));
State v. Halcomb, 382 S.C. 432, 438, 676 S.E.2d 149, 152 (Ct. App. 2009) ("An
abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of
law."); Sheppard v. State, 357 S.C. 646, 665, 594 S.E.2d 462, 472 (2004) ("In
general, the trial court is required to charge only the current and correct law of
South Carolina."); State v. Miller, 397 S.C. 630, 635, 725 S.E.2d 724, 727 (Ct.
App. 2012), cert. granted, S.C. Sup. Ct. Order dated Nov. 20, 2013 (noting an
appellate court "must consider the [trial] court's jury charge as a whole in light of
the evidence and issues presented at trial" (alteration in original)); Tate v. State,
351 S.C. 418, 426, 570 S.E.2d 522, 527 (2002) ("Malice is the wrongful intent to
injure another . . . .").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, THOMAS, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

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