State v. Graham

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.

Carnail Marchindla Graham, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2014-002336

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

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-437
Submitted September 1, 2016 – Filed October 19, 2016

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Lara Mary Caudy, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and
Assistant Attorney General Caroline M. Scrantom, all 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. Black, 400 S.C. 10, 16, 732 S.E.2d 880, 884 (2012) ("In
criminal cases, an appellate court sits to review only errors of law, and it is bound
by the trial court's factual findings unless they are clearly erroneous."); State v.
Vang, 353 S.C. 78, 83-84, 577 S.E.2d 225, 227 (Ct. App. 2003) ("The admission or
rejection of testimony is within the sound discretion of the trial [court] and will not
be overturned absent a showing of abuse of discretion, legal error, and prejudice to
the appellant."); State v. Wright, 269 S.C. 414, 417, 237 S.E.2d 764, 766 (1977)
("It is axiomatic that the credibility of the testimony of . . . witnesses is for the
jury.").

AFFIRMED.1

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

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