PER CURIAM
THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.
Appeal From Sumter County
Howard P. King, Circuit Court Judge
George C. James, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
AFFIRMED
Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General John Benjamin Aplin, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Ezell, 321 S.C. 421, 425, 468 S.E.2d 679, 681 (Ct. App. 1996) ("A [jury] charge is sufficient if, when considered as a whole, it covers the law applicable to the case."); id. ("The judge properly instructs the jury if he adequately states the applicable law."); State v. Jackson, 301 S.C. 49, 50, 389 S.E.2d 654, 655 (1990) ("When a defendant is tried in absentia, the trial court should instruct the jury that the defendant's failure to appear may not be construed as an admission of guilt."). AFFIRMED.
SHORT, THOMAS, and PIEPER, JJ., concur.