State v. Woods

THIS OPINION
HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE.  IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN
ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Henry Woods, Appellant.

Appeal From Kershaw County

J. Ernest Kinard, Jr., Circuit Court
Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-102

Submitted February 1, 2012 – Filed
February 22, 2012   

AFFIRMED

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.").

AFFIRMED.

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

[1] 400 U.S. 25 (1970).

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