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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Alti Monte Livingston Haskell, Appellant.


Appeal From Abbeville County
 Roger L. Couch, Circuit Court Judge


Unpublished Opinion No.  2009-UP-165
Heard November 6, 2008 – Filed April 13, 2009


AFFIRMED


Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of the South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., Office of the Attorney General, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

WILLIAMS, J.:  In this criminal case, Alti Monte Livingston Haskell (Haskell) appeals the trial court's decision to admit evidence over an objection of hearsay and its decision not to grant a mistrial.  We affirm.

FACTS

Haskell and his co-defendant Clarence Harrison (Harrison) were tried for the shooting of Roderick Gartrell (Victim).  On February 10, 2004, Torey Brown (Brown) picked up Victim in Georgia and drove him to Abbeville, South Carolina.  While in Abbeville, Brown and Victim visited Harrison and Brown's girlfriend, Kytraundra Cole (Cole).  Cole resided in the Hickory Heights