Opinion
2012-UP-350
06-06-2012
The State, Respondent, v. George Arsenio Smith, Appellant.
Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest A. Finney III, of Sumter, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted April 2, 2012
Appeal From Clarendon County R. Ferrell Cothran Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Ernest A. Finney III, of Sumter, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
George Arsenio Smith appeals his twenty-year sentence for a conviction of assault and battery with intent to kill, arguing the sentence exceeded the maximum sentence allowed by law. We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-620 (2003) ("The crime of assault and battery with intent to kill shall... be punished by imprisonment not to exceed twenty years."); Rule 220(c), SCACR ("The appellate court may affirm any ruling, order, decision or judgment upon any ground(s) appearing in the Record on Appeal."); Tant v. S.C. Dep't of Corr., 395 S.C. 446, 449, 718 S.E.2d 753, 755 (Ct. App. 2011) ("Under ordinary circumstances, [the Department of Corrections] must determine the sentence imposed by the [circuit] court from the sentencing sheets.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
AFFIRMED.
FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.