State v. Huggins

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.

Jamar Antonio Huggins, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-002022

Appeal From Horry County
Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-146
Submitted January 1, 2016 – Filed March 30, 2016

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General Jennifer Ellis Roberts, both of
Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy A. Richardson, II, of
Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Weston, 367 S.C. 279, 292, 625 S.E.2d 641, 648 (2006)
("When ruling on a motion for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with
the existence or nonexistence of evidence, not its weight."); State v. Lewis, 403
S.C. 345, 353, 743 S.E.2d 124, 128 (Ct. App. 2013) ("This court may reverse the
trial court's denial of a motion for a directed verdict only if there is no evidence to
support the trial court's ruling."); Weston, 367 S.C. at 292-93, 625 S.E.2d at 648
("If there is any direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial evidence
reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused, the [appellate c]ourt must find
the case was properly submitted to the jury."); State v. Hale, 284 S.C. 348, 356,
326 S.E.2d 418, 423 (Ct. App. 1985) ("It is the function of the jury, not an
appellate court, to judge the credibility of witnesses and the weight to be given to
their testimony.").

AFFIRMED.1

FEW, C.J., and KONDUROS and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.

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