State v. Turner

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HAS NO PRECEDENTAL 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.

Michael Adam
Turner, Appellant.

Appeal From Colleton County

 John C. Hayes, III, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-119

Submitted March 1, 2011 – Filed March 23,
2011   

AFFIRMED

Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John
W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant
Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, of Columbia, and Solicitor I. McDuffie
Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Michael
Adam Turner appeals his conviction for second degree burglary, arguing the
trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict because the
State failed to present sufficient evidence of his guilt.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR,
and the following authorities:  Rule 19(a), SCRCrimP (requiring a trial court
to consider only the existence or nonexistence of evidence when considering a
motion for a directed verdict); McMillian v. State, 383 S.C. 480, 487-88,
680 S.E.2d 905, 908-09 (2009) (explaining that proof of intent necessarily rests
on the inferences that can be made from a person's conduct); State v. Brooks,
277 S.C. 111, 113, 283 S.E.2d 830, 831 (1981) (finding that intent to commit a
misdemeanor will satisfy the requisite mens rea for the crime of burglary). 

AFFIRMED.

HUFF, SHORT, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.

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