State v. Morris, 2019-UP-224
Decision Date | 26 June 2019 |
Docket Number | 2019-UP-224 |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
Parties | The State, Respondent, v. Chad Morris, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2016-001713 |
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.
Submitted May 1, 2019
Appeal From Clarendon County Roger M. Young, Sr., Circuit Court Judge.
Appellate Defender Taylor Davis Gilliam, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, both of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest Adolphus Finney, III, of Sumter, all for Respondent.
Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Baccus, 367 S.C. 41, 48, 625 S.E.2d 216, 220 (2006) (); State v. Singleton, 395 S.C. 6, 13, 716 S.E.2d 332, 335-36 (Ct. App. 2011) ; Rule 701, SCRE (providing a lay witness may testify "in the form of . . . opinions or inferences which (a) are rationally based on the perception of the witness, (b) are helpful to a clear understanding of the witness' testimony or the determination of a fact in issue, and (c) do not require special knowledge, skill, experience or training"); Livingston v. Oakman, 251 S.C. 611, 614, 164 S.E.2d 758, 759 (1968) ( ); Lynch v. Pee Dee Express, 204 S.C. 537, 544, 30 S.E.2d 449, 450 (1944) (permitting lay witness testimony of the speed of the defendant's truck); S.C. Code Ann. § 50-21-110(B) (2008) ().
AFFIRMED.[1]
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Notes:
[1] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
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