State v. Matt Stevens

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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.

Matt Stevens, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2018-001186

Appeal From Horry County
Benjamin H. Culbertson, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2023-UP-192
Submitted April 1, 2023 – Filed May 24, 2023

AFFIRMED

Daniel Alan Hunnicutt, of Law Offices of Daniel
Hunnicutt, of Conway, and Scarlet Bell Moore, of
Greenville, both for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch,
Jr., both of Columbia, and Solicitor Jimmy A.
Richardson, II, of Conway, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Matt Stevens appeals his sentence of twelve years' imprisonment
with no credit for the twenty-three months he spent on house arrest, following his
guilty plea to second-degree burglary, violent. We affirm 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) ("[T]his [c]ourt 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."); State v.
Dawson, 402 S.C. 160, 163, 740 S.E.2d 501, 502 (2013) ("A sentence will not be
overturned absent an abuse of discretion when the ruling is based on an error of
law."); S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-312(C)(2) (2015) ("Burglary in the second degree
pursuant to subsection (B) is a felony punishable by imprisonment for not more
than fifteen years . . . .").

AFFIRMED. 1

KONDUROS and VINSON, JJ., and LOCKEMY, A.J., concur.

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