State v. Fields

HUFF, J.:

Appellant, Eddie Fields, was indicted by a Charleston County grand jury for criminal sexual conduct (CSC) in the first degree and kidnapping. 1 At the close of evidence defense counsel requested, but was denied, an instruction on assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN). Following a jury trial, Fields was convicted of CSC in the first degree and sentenced by the trial judge to thirty years in prison. Fields appeals, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to instruct the jury on ABHAN. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The victim, a seventeen-year-old high…