State v. Gethers

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
The State, Respondent,
v.
Trevee J. Gethers, Appellant.
Appellate Case No. 2010-178687
Appeal From Dorchester County
Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court Judge
Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-576
Submitted October 1, 2012 – Filed October 24, 2012
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of
Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney
General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy
Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, and Senior
Assistant Attorney General W. Edgar Salter, III, all of
Columbia; and Solicitor David Michael Pascoe, Jr., of
Orangeburg, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Trevee J. Gethers appeals his conviction of murder, arguing the
trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict because the State
failed to produce sufficient evidence to prove Gethers murdered the victim. We
affirm1 pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v.
Weston, 367 S.C. 279, 292, 625 S.E.2d 641, 648 (2006) ("When ruling on a motion
for a directed verdict, the trial court is concerned with the existence or
nonexistence of evidence, not its weight."); id. ("When reviewing a denial of a
directed verdict, [an appellate court] views the evidence and all reasonable
inferences in the light most favorable to the state."); id. at 292–93, 625 S.E.2d at
648 ("If there is any direct evidence or any substantial circumstantial evidence
reasonably tending to prove the guilt of the accused, the [c]ourt must find the case
was properly submitted to the jury.").
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C.J., and WILLIAMS and PIEPER, JJ., concur.
1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.