State v. Herbert Matthews

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.

Herbert
Matthews, Appellant.

Appeal From Charleston County

 John C. Few, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-210

Submitted March 1, 2010 – Filed March 15,
2010  

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Senior Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia;
and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Herbert Matthews appeals his convictions for armed
robbery, pointing and presenting a firearm, and possession of a firearm during
the commission of a violent crime, and his corresponding thirty-year, five-year,
and five-year sentences.  Matthews contends the trial court erred in denying
his directed verdict motions.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authority:  State v. Frazier, 375 S.C. 575, 581, 654 S.E.2d 280, 283
(Ct. App. 2007) ("If there is any direct evidence or substantial
circumstantial evidence reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused,
an appellate court must find the case was properly submitted to the jury.").

AFFIRMED. 

PIEPER and GEATHERS, JJ., and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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