State v. Henry

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA

In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

John Henry, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

Marc H. Westbrook, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2006-UP-058

Submitted January 1, 2006 – Filed January 26, 2006

VACATED

Acting Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of Columbia, for Appellant. 

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, and Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of Lexington, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  John Henry was convicted of murder, kidnapping, first-degree burglary, attempted armed robbery, and criminal conspiracy.  Henry appeals his sentence for kidnapping.  The State concedes.  We vacate Henry’s sentence for kidnapping pursuant to the following authorities:  S.C. Code Ann. § 16-3-910 (2003) (stating the sentence for kidnapping); Owens v. State, 331 S.C. 582, 585, 503 S.E.2d 462, 464 (1998) (vacating a kidnapping sentence under section 16-3-910 as subsumed by a murder conviction and sentence).[1]

VACATED.

STILWELL, KITTREDGE, and WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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