State v. Youngblood

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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.

Kevin M.
Youngblood, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

Kenneth G. Goode, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2010-UP-403

Submitted September 1, 2010 – Filed
September 16, 2010

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh,  Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J.
Shupe, Assistant Attorney General Megan B. Wines, and Assistant Attorney General William M.
Blitch, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Kevin
M. Youngblood pled guilty to criminal solicitation of a minor and was sentenced
to eighteen months' imprisonment.  On appeal, Youngblood argues the trial court
violated his constitutional rights by requiring him to register as a sex
offender.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1),
SCACR, and the following authority:  Hendrix
v. Taylor, 353 S.C. 542, 550-552, 579 S.E.2d 320, 324-25 (2003)
(holding the sex offender registry does violate the defendant's due process and
equal protection rights); Williams v. State, 378 S.C. 511, 515-16, 662
S.E.2d 615, 617-18 (Ct. App. 2008) (holding the South Carolina Sex Offender
Registry Act "is not so punitive in purpose or
effect as to constitute a criminal penalty" and finding instead the
registration requirement to be a collateral consequence of the defendant's
sentence).

AFFIRMED.

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

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