State v. Beasley

THIS OPINION HAS NO
PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY
PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 239(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Herman Lee
Beasley, Appellant.

Appeal From Greenville County

 C. Victor Pyle, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-180

Submitted April 1, 2009 – Filed April 30,
2009

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Lanelle C. Durant, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Julie M. Thames,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: 
Herman Lee Beasley appeals his convictions for three counts of second degree
lynching and two counts of assault and battery of a high and aggravated
nature.  Beasley argues the trial court erred by declining to direct a verdict.
 We affirm pursuant to Rule
220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:  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.”); State v. Bagwell, 201 S.C. 387,
399-400, 23 S.E.2d 244, 249 (1942) (holding an accused may be convicted on
uncorroborated testimony of an accomplice, and the weight to be given to the
testimony of the accomplice is for the jury's determination).

AFFIRMED.[1]

SHORT, THOMAS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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