State v. Williams

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.

Emmith Allen
Williams, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

 G. Thomas Cooper, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-552

Submitted December 1, 2010 – Filed
December 21, 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, Senior
Assistant Attorney General Norman M. Rapoport, and Solicitor Warren Blair
Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Emmith
Allen Williams appeals his convictions for first-degree burglary and two counts
of armed robbery, arguing the trial court erred in denying his directed verdict
motions.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following
authorities:  State v. Zeigler, 364 S.C. 94, 103, 610 S.E.2d 859, 863
(Ct. App. 2005) ("The appellate court may reverse the trial judge's denial
of a motion for a directed verdict only if there is no evidence to support the
judge's ruling."); State v. Dodd, 354 S.C. 13, 17, 579 S.E.2d 331, 333 (Ct. App. 2003)
("The State may prove the corpus delicti of armed robbery by
establishing that a robbery was committed and either one of two additional
elements: (1) that the robber was armed with a deadly weapon or (2) that the
robber alleged he was armed with a deadly weapon, either by action or words,
while using a representation of a deadly weapon or any object.").

AFFIRMED.

FEW,
C.J., and SHORT and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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