State v. Goodwin

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.

Willie Goodwin, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

J. Michelle Childs, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-124  

Submitted February 1, 2012 – Filed
February 29, 2012

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, 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:  Willie Goodwin appeals his sentence for
five counts of distribution of marijuana, third offense, and one count of
failure to stop for a blue light, arguing the plea judge erred in refusing to
reconsider the sentence imposed after Goodwin's guilty plea.  Specifically,
Goodwin argues the plea judge improperly considered inaccurate and prejudicial
remarks made by the State during sentencing.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authorities: State v.
Hicks, 377 S.C. 322, 325, 659 S.E.2d
499, 500 (Ct. App. 2008) ("A judge or other sentencing authority is to be
accorded very wide discretion in determining an appropriate sentence, and must
be permitted to consider any and all information that reasonably might bear on
the proper sentence for the particular defendant, given the crime
committed."); State v. Barton, 325 S.C. 522, 531, 481 S.E.2d 439,
444 (Ct. App. 1997) ("Absent partiality, prejudice, oppression, or corrupt
motive, this [c]ourt lacks jurisdiction to disturb a sentence that is within
the limit prescribed by statute.").

AFFIRMED.

PIEPER, KONDUROS, and
GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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