State v. Cutler

Appellant pleaded guilty to armed robbery and was sentenced to ten (10) years under S. C. Code § 16-11-330(1). The lower court held that although appellant was twenty years old when he committed the crime, he was ineligible to be sentenced under the Youthful Offenders Act (S. C. Code § 24-19-10 et seq.) because he was twenty-one years old when convicted of the crime. We affirm.

South Carolina Code § 16-11-330(1) states in part:

Provided, that any person under the age of twenty-one sentenced under the provisions of Chapter 19 of Title 24 (the Youthful Offenders Act) for the crime of armed…