State v. Kotowski
| Decision Date | 03 June 2020 |
| Docket Number | Appellate Case No. 2019-001206,Opinion No. 27977 |
| Citation | 844 S.E.2d 650 (Mem),430 S.C. 318 |
| Parties | The STATE, Respondent, v. Felix KOTOWSKI, Petitioner. |
| Court | South Carolina Supreme Court |
Appellate Defender Lara M. Caudy, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, both of Columbia; and First Circuit Solicitor David M. Pascoe Jr., of Orangeburg, for Respondent.
We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Kotowski , 427 S.C. 119, 828 S.E.2d 605 (Ct. App. 2019). Having carefully reviewed the matter, we affirm the court of appeals in part and vacate in part. We adopt the court of appeals' well-reasoned opinion, with the exception of Section III of the opinion. We vacate Section III of the court of appeals' opinion pertaining to the admission of the NPLEx records during trial. Assuming, without deciding, that the admission of the NPLEx records during trial was erroneous, as Petitioner asserts, we find the error is harmless in light of the overwhelming evidence of guilt. Accordingly, the decision of the court of appeals is affirmed in part and vacated in part.
AFFIRMED IN PART, VACATED IN PART.
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