State v. Tate, 2016-UP-436
Decision Date | 19 October 2016 |
Docket Number | 2016-UP-436 |
Parties | The State, Respondent, v. Keith Denver Tate, Appellant Appellate Case No. 2014-001694 |
Court | South Carolina Court of Appeals |
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 September 1, 2016
Withdrawn, Substituted and Refiled December 14, 2016
Appeal From Abbeville County Donald B. Hocker, Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Vann Henry Gunter, Jr., both of Columbia; and Solicitor David Matthew Stumbo, of Greenwood, for Respondent.
Keith Denver Tate was convicted of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and sentenced to imprisonment for sixteen years. On appeal, Tate contends the trial court erred in (1) failing to declare a mistrial based upon Victim's emotional outbursts, (2) failing to require the State to open in full during closing arguments, and (3) refusing to permit defense counsel to elicit testimony concerning the specific content of three photographs found on Victim's phone. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities:
1. As to whether the circuit court erred in failing to declare a mistrial based on Victim's emotional outbursts: State v. Anderson, 322 S.C. 89, 91-92, 470 S.E.2d 103, 105 (1996) (); State v. Kirby, 269 S.C 25, 28, 236 S.E.2d 33, 34 (1977) (); State v. Harris, 340 S.C. 59, 63, 530 S.E.2d 626, 628 (2000) (); id. (); Anderson, 322 S.C. at 93, 407 S.E.2d at 105-06 (); id. at 93-94, 407 S.E.2d at 106 ( ); id. at 90-91, 93, 407 S.E.2d at 104, 105-06 " ; State v. Perry, 278 S.C. 490, 494, 299 S.E.2d 324, 326 (1983) () .
2. As to whether the trial court erred in failing to require the State to open in full during closing argument and reply only to the defense's closing argument: State v. Gellis, 158 S.C. 471, 487, 155 S.E. 849, 855 (1930) ("[I]f a defendant offers any evidence on trial of the case, the state is not deprived of its general right to the opening and concluding arguments."); State v. Rodgers, 269 S.C. 22, 24, 235 S.E.2d 808, 809 (1977) ("The solicitor is entitled to open the closing arguments to the jury unless the defendant has offered no evidence."); id. at 25, 235 S.E.2d at 809 ("The solicitor is not required to make an opening argument to the jury on issues of fact, . . . but may do so in his discretion.").
3. As to whether the trial court erred in refusing to permit Tate to elicit testimony concerning the content of three illicit photographs found on Victim's phone: State v Dickerson, 395 S.C. 101, 116, 716 S.E.2d 895, 903 (2011) ("The admission of evidence is within the [trial] court's discretion and will not be reversed on appeal absent an abuse of that discretion."); State v. Lyles, 379 S.C. 328, 342, 665 S.E.2d 201, 209 (Ct. App. 2008) ...
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