State v. Mitchell

In this case, Petitioner was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to twenty years imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed the conviction and sentence. State v. Mitchell, Op. No.2006-UP-403 (S.C. Ct.App. filed December 11, 2006). We granted Petitioner a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision. We affirm.

Factual/Procedural Background

On December 30, 2003, Petitioner Curtis Jerome Mitchell entered a Bi-Lo grocery store in Rock Hill. A store employee observed Petitioner pick up two twelve-pack eases of chewing tobacco and proceed past the point of sale towards the exit…