State v. Rose

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 Rose, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2013-002750

Appeal From Charleston County
Stephanie P. McDonald, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-286
Submitted May 1, 2015 – Filed June 17, 2015

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia,
for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant
Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and
Assistant Attorney General Caroline M. Scrantom, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of
Charleston, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: Rule 801(d)(2)(A), SCRE ("A statement is not hearsay if . . . [t]he
statement is offered against a party and is (A) the party's own statement in either an
individual or a representative capacity . . . ."); State v. Beck, 342 S.C. 129, 134, 536
S.E.2d 679, 682 (2000) ("'As a general rule, statements or declarations made by
one accused of a crime are admissible against him.'" (quoting State v. Plyler, 275
S.C. 291, 295, 270 S.E.2d 126, 128 (1980))).

AFFIRMED.1

THOMAS, KONDUROS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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