State v. Woods

Full title: The State, Respondent, v. Henry Woods, Appellant.

Court: THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Feb 22, 2012

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-102 (S.C. Ct. App. Feb. 22, 2012)

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.

PER CURIAM

UNPUBLISHED OPINION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. ¹ 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 ² 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.").

1 400 U.S. 25 (1970).

2 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.