Opinion
2012-UP-102
02-22-2012
The State, Respondent, v. Henry Woods, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Elizabeth Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted February 1, 2012.
Appeal From Kershaw County, J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court Judge.
Appellate Defender Elizabeth Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, and Solicitor Daniel E. Johnson, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
Henry Woods pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and second-degree lynching pursuant to North Carolina v. Alford. He appeals his concurrent sentences of twenty-two years' and twenty years' imprisonment, respectively, arguing the circuit court abused its discretion in sentencing him to a longer term than his codefendants. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: Brooks v State, 325 S.C. 269, 271, 481 S.E.2d 712, 713 (1997) ("A [circuit court] is allowed broad discretion in sentencing within statutory limits."); id. at 272, 481 S.E.2d at 713 ("A sentence is not excessive if it is within statutory limitations and there are no facts supporting an allegation of prejudice against a defendant.").
400 U.S. 25 (1970).
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.