STATE v. STANDARD

No. 25514.

351 S.C. 199 (2002)

569 S.E.2d 325

The STATE, Respondent, v. James R. STANDARD, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 12, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine Carruth Link; and South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, both of Columbia, for appellant.

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson and Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Druanne D. White, of Anderson, for respondent.


Justice WALLER.

Appellant, James R. Standard, was convicted of burglary in the first degree and grand larceny. Based upon a prior armed robbery conviction, he was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole (LWOP) pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 17-25-45 (2001), the Two-Strikes law.

FACTS

On July 5, 1995, approximately two months prior to his sixteenth birthday,1 Standard...

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