Court of Appeals of South Carolina· 7/17/2019

State v. Finley

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831 S.E.2d 158
427 S.C. 419

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holding that because Finley's life sentence afforded him parole eligibility after the service of 30 years' imprisonment, any potential Eighth Amendment violation was cured, and the circuit court did not err in denying Finley's motion for resentencing
holding a juvenile offender who received a life sentence but was eligible for parole was not among the class of juvenile offenders entitled to resentencing under Miller and its progeny
stating when considering whether a sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, \this court will not disturb the [plea] court's findings absent a manifest abuse of discretion\
stating when considering whether a sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment, \this court will not disturb the circuit court's findings absent a manifest abuse of discretion\
interpreting two of South Carolina's Supreme Court cases as establishing \'affirmative requirement that courts fully explore the impact of the defendant's juvenility on the sentence rendered'\
finding the defendant's mandatory sentence for life imprisonment but with the possibility of parole did not violate the Eighth Amendment and that the defendant was not entitled to resentencing

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