311 S.C. 514 429 S.E.2d 858

1998

In the interest of BRUCE O., a minor under the age of seventeen, Appellant.

(429 S.E. (2d) 858)

Court of Appeals

Deputy Chief Atty. Joseph L. Savitz, III, and Asst. Appellate Defender Wanda H. Haile, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney Gen. T. Travis Medlock, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen. Donald J. Zelenka, Asst. Attys. Gen. Harold M. Coombs, Jr., and William Edgar Salter, III, Columbia, and Solicitor Randolph Murdaugh, III, Hampton, for respondent.

Heard March 24, 1993.

Decided April 19, 1993.

Per Curiam:

*515Bruce O. appeals from an adjudication of delinquency on a charge of solicitation to commit a felony. He asserts the court erred in denying his directed verdict motion and denying his motion for a continuance. We affirm.

In reviewing a court’s denial of a motion for a directed verdict, this Court must examine the evidence in the light most favorable to the State. State v. Myers, 301 S.C. 251, 391 S.E. (2d) 551 (1990). A motion for a directed verdict should be denied when there is any evidence, direct or circumstantial, which reasonably tends to prove the guilt of the accused or from which the guilt of the accused may be fairly and logically deduced. State v. Childs, 299 S.C. 471, 385 S.E. (2d) 839 (1989). Applying this scope of review to the evidence in the record, we find sufficient evidence to uphold the adjudication.

Appellant asserts error in the trial judge’s failure to grant a continuance as defense counsel had recently moved to the area and had not been afforded sufficient consultation with appellant. A motion for continuance is addressed to the sound discretion of the trial judge. State v. Dingle, 279 S.C. 278, 306 S.E. (2d) 223 (1983) (no abuse of discretion when facts not unusually complex and no showing of anything defense counsel could have done or produced that was not done or produced). On this record, we find no abuse of discretion.1

Affirmed.

In the Interest of Bruce O.
311 S.C. 514 429 S.E.2d 858

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In the Interest of Bruce O.
Decision Date
Apr 19, 1993
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311 S.C. 514

429 S.E.2d 858

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South Carolina

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