State v. Sims

THIS OPINION
HAS NO 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.

Lillian Sims, Appellant.

Appeal From Anderson County

 Perry M. Buckner, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2009-UP-191

Submitted April 1, 2009 – Filed May 5,
2009   

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, Assistant
Attorney General Michelle J. Parsons, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Christina
T. Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Lillian Sims appeals her conviction for
homicide by child abuse, arguing the trial court erred by refusing to direct a
verdict of acquittal.  We
affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authority:  State v. Weston,
367 S.C. 279, 292-93, 625 S.E.2d 641, 648 (2006) (holding if there is any
direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial evidence reasonably tending
to prove the guilt of the accused, the appellate court must find the case was
properly submitted to the jury).

AFFIRMED.[1]

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

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