State v. Moon

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: June 6, 2007
• Docket: 2007-UP-283
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

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The State, Respondent,

v.

Jeremy Richard Moon, Appellant.

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Appeal From York County
 L. Casey Manning, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2007-UP-283
Submitted June 1, 2007 – Filed June 6, 2007  

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Assistant Appellant Defender Aileen P. Clare, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,  of Columbia; Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Jeremy Moon appeals his conviction and sentence for voluntary manslaughter.  Moon pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter for striking the victim in the head with a baseball bat.  The trial court sentenced him to thirty years imprisonment.  On appeal, Moon argues this sentence is unconstitutionally disproportionate.  We disagree.  Thirty years imprisonment is within the statutory range for voluntary manslaughter and does not run afoul of the constitutional prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment.  State v. Kimbrough, 212 S.C. 348, 46 S.E.2d 273 (1948) (“The weight of authority is to the effect that if the statute fixing the punishment for an offense is not unconstitutional, a sentence within the limits prescribed by such statute will not be regarded as cruel and unusual.”).  After a thorough review of the record and briefs, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel’s petition to be relieved.          

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HEARN, C.J., KITTREDGE, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur.