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STATE v. BENJAMIN

No. 3176.

341 S.C. 160 (2000)

533 S.E.2d 606

The STATE, Respondent, v. Franklin BENJAMIN, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 30, 2000.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Appellate Defender Melissa J. Reed Kimbrough and Assistant Appellate Defender Katherine Carruth Link, both of SC Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia; and Solicitor Walter M. Bailey, Jr., of Summerville, for respondent.

MOREHEAD, Acting Judge:

A jury convicted Franklin Benjamin of armed robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to life without parole pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 17-25-45(A) (Supp.1999). Benjamin appeals. We affirm.

In the early morning of May 7, 1997, at approximately 4:30 a.m., two men armed with a revolver robbed Dodge's convenience store in Orangeburg County. Police later identified one of the men as Franklin...

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