Title: Blash v. State

State: south-carolina

Issuer: South Carolina Supreme Court

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THIS OPINION HAS NO 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 Supreme Court Eddie Blash, Jr., Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI Appeal from Florence County Thomas Russo, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2012-MO-005 Heard March 6, 2012 Filed March 28, 2012 REVERSED AND REMANDED Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: We granted petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari to review his direct appeal. See White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974). Petitioner challenges his sentence, alleging it was imposed in violation of his constitutional rights. We agree. See Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999). Accordingly, appellant's sentence is reversed, and the matter remanded for resentencing. REVERSED AND REMANDED. TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.