Opinion
2012-MO-005
03-28-2012
Eddie Blash, Jr., Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent.
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Heard March 6, 2012
Appeal from Florence County Thomas Russo, Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
We granted petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari to review his direct appeal. See White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974). Petitioner challenges his sentence, alleging it was imposed in violation of his constitutional rights. We agree. See Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999). Accordingly, appellant's sentence is reversed, and the matter remanded for resentencing.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.
TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.