STATE v. WHITNER

No. 27142.

399 S.C. 547 (2012)

732 S.E.2d 861

The STATE, Respondent, v. Samuel WHITNER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided July 11, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek , of Columbia, and Christopher D. Scalzo , of Greenville, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, and W. Walter Wilkins, III , of Greenville, for Respondent.


Justice KITTREDGE:

Appellant Samuel Whitner was convicted and sentenced for the offense of criminal sexual conduct (CSC) with a minor in the first degree. The victim of the sexual abuse was Appellant's then five-or six-year-old daughter. Appellant assigns error to two evidentiary rulings. The first ruling was the denial of Appellant's motion to suppress a tape recording of his telephone conversation with the victim wherein he admitted the abuse. The second ruling...

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