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STATE v. PHILLIPS

No. 4833.

393 S.C. 407 (2011)

712 S.E.2d 457

The STATE, Respondent, v. Lawrence PHILLIPS, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided May 25, 2011.

Rehearing Denied August 4, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defenders M. Celia Robinson and Breen Stevens , both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe , all of Columbia; and Solicitor Issac McDuffie Stone, III , of Beaufort, for Respondent.

CURETON, A.J.

Lawrence Phillips appeals his conviction and sentence for second-degree arson, arguing the trial court erred in refusing to direct a verdict of acquittal and in sentencing him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP). We affirm the refusal to direct a verdict but reverse the LWOP sentence and remand for resentencing.

FACTS

Phillips lived in a double-wide mobile home...

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