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STATE v. BONNER

No. 5048.

400 S.C. 561 (2012)

735 S.E.2d 525

The STATE, Respondent, v. John Bendarian BONNER, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided November 14, 2012.

Rehearing Denied December 18, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chief Deputy Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter and Acting Appellate Defender Tristan M. Shaffer , both of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott , and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , all of Columbia, for Respondent.

GEATHERS, J.

John Bendarian Bonner appeals his sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a non-homicide offense he committed as a juvenile, arguing the sentence violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments of the United States Constitution. We vacate Bonner's sentence and remand for resentencing.

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