STATE v. BLACKWELL-SELIM

No. 4619.

385 S.C. 394 (2009)

684 S.E.2d 208

The STATE, Respondent, v. Nearin G. BLACKWELL-SELIM, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided September 15, 2009.

Rehearing Denied October 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender M. Celia Robinson, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General, John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General, Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General, Christina J. Catoe, all of Columbia; John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.


THOMAS, J.

Nearin Blackwell-Selim (Appellant), pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter after stabbing her common-law husband to death in 2005. She appeals her sentence, alleging the trial court erred in making no finding of early parole eligibility under section 16-25-90 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2008). We affirm.1

FACTS

Appellant and Kenneth Selim (Victim) lived together...

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