State v. Turner

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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.

Lexie James Turner, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-000445

Appeal From York County
Steven H. John, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-168
Heard February 10, 2015 – Filed April 1, 2015

AFFIRMED

Christopher Shannon Leonard, of Kendrick & Leonard,
P.C., and Chief Appellate Defender Robert Michael
Dudek, both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior
Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, and Assistant
Attorney General Ian Parks Weschler, all of Columbia;
and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for
Respondent .
PER CURIAM: Lexie James Turner appeals his conviction for possession with
intent to distribute crack cocaine arguing the trial court erred in admitting
unreliable expert testimony. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the
following authorities: State v. McEachern, 399 S.C. 125, 135, 731 S.E.2d 604, 609
(Ct. App. 2012) ("In criminal cases, the appellate court sits to review errors of law
only."); State v. White, 382 S.C. 265, 269, 676 S.E.2d 684, 686 (2009) ("A trial
court's decision to admit or exclude expert testimony will not be reversed absent a
prejudicial abuse of discretion."); State v. Jennings, 394 S.C. 473, 477-78, 716
S.E.2d 91, 93 (2011) ("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."); Rule 702, SCRE ("If scientific, technical, or other
specialized knowledge will assist the trier of fact to understand the evidence or to
determine a fact in issue, a witness qualified as an expert by knowledge, skill,
experience, training, or education, may testify thereto in the form of an opinion or
otherwise.").

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and MCDONALD, JJ., concur.