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State v. Palmer

Citations

  • 415 S.C. 502
  • 783 S.E.2d 823
  • 2016 S.C. App. LEXIS 16

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  • vacating the defendant's five-year sentence for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime after finding it inapplicable due to the trial court sentencing him to LWOP for the violent crime
  • vacating the appellant's sentence for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime \because [section 16-23-490(A)] provides the five-year sentence is inapplicable when a court imposes a life without parole sentence\
  • vacating the defendant's five-year sentence for possession of a weapon during the commission of a violent crime after finding it inapplicable due to the trial court sentencing him to life without parole for the violent crime
  • \An abuse of discretion occurs when the court's decision is unsupported by the evidence or controlled by an error of law.\

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Judges: Geathers, McDonald, Short

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