State v. Bailey

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.

Sharen Bailey, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2012-212618

Appeal From Sumter County
Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
George C. James, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-343
Submitted July 1, 2013 – Filed September 4, 2013

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of
Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Ezell, 321 S.C. 421, 425, 468 S.E.2d 679, 681 (Ct. App. 1996)
("A [jury] charge is sufficient if, when considered as a whole, it covers the law
applicable to the case."); id. ("The judge properly instructs the jury if he adequately
states the applicable law."); State v. Jackson, 301 S.C. 49, 50, 389 S.E.2d 654, 655
(1990) ("When a defendant is tried in absentia, the trial court should instruct the
jury that the defendant's failure to appear may not be construed as an admission of
guilt.").

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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