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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Supreme Court

Eddie Blash, Jr., Petitioner,

v.

State of South Carolina, Respondent.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI

Appeal from Florence County
Thomas Russo, Circuit Court Judge

Memorandum Opinion No.  2012-MO-005
Heard March 6, 2012 – Filed March 28, 2012 

REVERSED AND REMANDED

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  We granted petitioner's request for a writ of certiorari to review his direct appeal.  See White v. State, 263 S.C. 110, 208 S.E.2d 35 (1974).  Petitioner challenges his sentence, alleging it was imposed in violation of his constitutional rights.  We agree.  See Mitchell v. United States, 526 U.S. 314 (1999).  Accordingly, appellant's sentence is reversed, and the matter remanded for resentencing.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.

TOAL, C.J., PLEICONES, BEATTY, KITTREDGE and HEARN, JJ., concur.