State v. Hughes

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.

Jonathan Christian Hughes, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2016-000965

Appeal From Lexington County
William H. Seals, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2018-UP-382
Submitted September 1, 2018 – Filed October 17, 2018

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Columbia, for
Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant
Attorney General William Frederick Schumacher, IV,
both of Columbia; and Solicitor Samuel R. Hubbard, III,
of Lexington, all for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Franklin, 267 S.C. 240, 246, 226 S.E.2d 896, 898 (1976)
(stating an appellate court "has no jurisdiction to review a sentence, provided it is
within the limits provided by statute for the discretion of the trial court, and is not
the result of prejudice, oppression or corrupt motive"); S.C. Code Ann. §
16-11-311(B) (2015) (stating first-degree burglary "is a felony punishable by life
imprisonment"; however, "[t]he court, in its discretion may sentence the defendant
to a term of not less than fifteen years"); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-330(A) (2015)
("A person who commits robbery while armed . . . is guilty of a felony and, upon
conviction, must be imprisoned for a mandatory minimum term of not less than ten
years or more than thirty years . . . ."); State v. Charping, 333 S.C. 124, 131, 508
S.E.2d 851, 855 (1998) (explaining sentencing judges may consider a
codefendant's sentence but they are not required to do so).

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, SHORT, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.