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STATE v. HAWES

Appellate Case No. 2011-189167. No. 5001.

399 S.C. 211 (2012)

730 S.E.2d 904

The STATE, Appellant, v. Alonzo Craig HAWES, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided July 18, 2012.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , all of Columbia, for Appellant.

Public Defender Ernest Charles Grose, Jr. , of Greenwood, and Assistant Public Defender Donna Katherine Anderson , of Laurens, for Respondent.

FEW, C.J.

Alonzo Craig Hawes pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the death of his wife. The State appeals the circuit court's decision to grant Hawes early parole eligibility under section 16-25-90 of the South Carolina Code (Supp.2011). We affirm.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Hawes and his wife were estranged in 2007 when he shot and killed her. He was indicted for murder but pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter. He also pled guilty to...

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