Opinion ID: 1374241
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Text: We have conducted the proportionality review pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985). The sentence was not the result of passion, prejudice, or any other arbitrary factor; the evidence supports the finding of the aggravating circumstance; and the sentence is not disproportionate to that imposed in similar cases. State v. Young, 319 S.C. 33, 459 S.E.2d 84 (1995), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 116 S.Ct. 718, 133 L.Ed.2d 671 (1996); State v. Thompson, 278 S.C. 1, 292 S.E.2d 581, cert. denied, 456 U.S. 938, 102 S.Ct. 1996, 72 L.Ed.2d 458 (1982). For the foregoing reasons, the defendant's conviction and sentence are AFFIRMED. FINNEY, C.J., and MOORE, WALLER and BURNETT, JJ., concur.