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RICHARDSON v. STATE

No. 5212.

407 S.C. 482 (2014)

756 S.E.2d 404

Sandra RICHARDSON, Respondent, v. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Assistant Deputy Attorney General David A. Spencer and Assistant Attorney General Daniel Francis Gourley, II , both of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Appellate Defender Susan Barber Hackett , of Columbia, for Respondent.

FEW, C.J.

In this appeal from an order granting post-conviction relief (PCR) to Sandra Richardson, we hold a trial court has no power to suspend a sentence imposed on a person convicted of homicide by child abuse under section 16-3-85(A)(1) of the South Carolina Code (2003). We reverse.

I. Facts and Procedural History

Richardson pled guilty to homicide by child abuse under subsection 16-3-85(A)(1), which...

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