State v. Howze

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.

Randy Howze, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-000718

Appeal From York County
Edward W. Miller, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-515
Submitted October 1, 2015 – Filed November 12, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Tiffany Lorraine Butler, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of
Columbia; and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the
following authorities: Rule 402, SCRE ("All relevant evidence is admissible[.]");
Rule 401, SCRE (Relevant evidence is "evidence having any tendency to make the
existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more
probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence"); State v. Gaster,
349 S.C. 545, 557, 564 S.E.2d 87, 93 (2002) ("The admission of evidence is within
the discretion of the trial court and will not be reversed absent an abuse of
discretion."); State v. McDonald, 343 S.C. 319, 325, 540 S.E.2d 464, 467 (2000)
("An abuse of discretion occurs when the trial court's ruling is based on an error of
law." (quoting Clark v. Cantrell, 339 S.C. 369, 389, 529 S.E.2d 528, 539 (2000))).

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

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