State v. Evans

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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.

Derwin D. Evans, Appellant.

Appeal From Orangeburg County

Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-183

Submitted April 1,2009 – Filed May 4, 2009  

APPEAL DISMISSED

Chief Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for
Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Derwin D. Evans appeals his convictions for
distribution of crack cocaine, and distribution of crack cocaine within
proximity of a school or park.  Evans argues the trial court erred by allowing a
confidential informant to testify that she purchased crack cocaine from him in
the past, as this evidence of uncharged prior bad acts placed his character in
issue and was, in any case, unduly prejudicial.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel's brief
filed pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State
v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and
grant counsel's motion to be relieved.[1]

APPEAL
DISMISSED. 

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

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