STATE v. MILLER

Opinion No. 5824.

433 S.C. 613 (2021)

861 S.E.2d 373

The STATE, Respondent, v. Robert Lee MILLER, III, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 16, 2021.

Rehearing Denied August 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General W. Jeffery Young , Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka , Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody Jane Brown , Assistant Attorney General Sherrie Butterbaugh , and Assistant Attorney General Mark Reynolds Farthing, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Isaac McDuffie Stone, III , of Bluffton; all for Respondent.


Robert Lee Miller, III, a juvenile offender, appeals his sentence of fifty-five years' imprisonment for the murder of Willie Johnson (Victim). Miller argues the trial court erred by imposing what amounted to a de facto life sentence, which he asserts requires a finding of irreparable corruption under Aiken v. Byars.

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