State v. James Wilkinson

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.

James
Wilkinson, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-172

Submitted February 1, 2010 – Filed March
1, 2010   

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, and
Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  James
Wilkinson appeals his conviction and twenty-year sentence for attempted
kidnapping.  He argues the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed
verdict.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities:  S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-910 (2003) (stating kidnapping occurs when
someone unlawfully seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, or abducts or
carries away any other person by any means whatsoever without authority of
law); 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, GEATHERS, JJ., and
CURETON, A.J., concur.

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