State v. Grant

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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.

George Grant,
Jr., Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

J. C. "Buddy" Nicholson, Jr.,
Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-295 

Submitted May 1, 2011 – Filed June 14,
2011

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
John McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant
Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina T. Adams,
of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: George Grant, Jr. appeals his convictions
of first-degree criminal sexual conduct and kidnapping.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR,
and the following authorities: State
v. Stroman, 281 S.C. 508, 513, 316
S.E.2d 395, 399 (1984) (stating when a party introduces evidence about a
particular matter, the other party is entitled to explain or rebut it, even if
the latter evidence would have been inadmissible had it been initially
offered); State v. Page, 378 S.C. 476, 483, 663 S.E.2d 357, 360 (Ct.
App. 2008) ("Whether a person opens the door to the admission of otherwise
inadmissible evidence during the course of a trial is addressed to the sound
discretion of the trial judge."); State v. Beam, 336 S.C. 45,
52-53, 518 S.E.2d 297, 301 (Ct. App. 1999) (stating an appellant cannot
complain of prejudice resulting from admission of evidence to which he opened
the door).

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, KONDUROS, and
GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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