State v. Moore

Justice WALLER:

Appellant, Richard Benjamin Moore, was convicted of murder, armed robbery, assault with intent to kill, and possession of a firearm during commission of a violent crime; he was respectively sentenced to death, thirty years, ten years and five years. This appeal combines his direct appeal with this Court’s mandatory sentencing review pursuant to S.C.Code Ann. § 16-3-25 (1985). We affirm the convictions and sentences.

FACTS

The charges in this case stem from the September 16, 1999, armed robbery of Nikki’s, a convenience store on Highway 221 in Spartanburg. According to Terry…