State v. Patrick

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.

Nathan Benjamin
Patrick, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-303

Heard April 13, 2010 – Filed June 9, 2010   

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General
Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe; Solicitor
Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Nathan Benjamin Patrick
appeals his convictions and sentences for second-degree burglary and grand
larceny in connection with the theft of equipment from a business.  We affirm pursuant to Rule
220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities:  Rule 803(8), SCRE (providing
that "[r]ecords, reports, statements, or data
compilations, in any form, of public offices or agencies, setting forth (A) the
activities of the office or agency, or (B) matters observed pursuant to duty
imposed by law as to which matters there was a duty to report" are not
excluded by the hearsay rule); Rule 902(4), SCRE (holding certified copies of
such public records are deemed to be self-authenticating); State v. Benton,
338 S.C. 151, 155, 526 S.E.2d 228, 230 (2000) (holding evidence of other crimes
is admissible to establish a material fact or element of the crime charged); State
v. Avery, 333 S.C. 284, 296, 509 S.E.2d 476, 483 (1998) (holding defendant
failed to preserve for appellate review his claim that trial judge erred by
instructing jury it could not return a verdict of armed robbery and involuntary
manslaughter because defendant originally suggested jury could return
inconsistent verdicts on armed robbery and involuntary manslaughter, he did not
object to trial judge's initial or supplemental instructions regarding those
offenses).

AFFIRMED.

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and LOCKEMY,
JJ., concur.