Court Opinion

ID: 9587376
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:21:27.497721+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:38:13.356427
License: Public Domain

Gregory, Justice
(concurring in result) :
I agree with Mr. Justice Rhodes’ dissent that Scott’s guilty plea, which was never offered and admitted into evidence or testified to by the appellant, was irrelevant to the issue of appellant’s knowledge of Scott’s unlawful intent. The lower court committed error by permitting the solicitor, over appellant’s objection, to “introduce” Scott’s guilty plea by way of argument to the jury. The error was harmless, however, because the other evidence of appellant’s guilt is overwhelming. State v. Miller, 266 S. C. 409, 223 S. E. (2d) 774 (1976).
Accordingly, I concur in the result reached by the majority and affirm appellant’s conviction.