State v. BLACKWELL-SELIM

Nearin Blackwell-Selim (Appellant), pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter after stabbing her common-law husband to death in 2005. She appeals her sentence, alleging the trial court erred in making no finding of early parole eligibility under section 16-25-90 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2008). We affirm. 1

FACTS

Appellant and Kenneth Selim (Victim) lived together in Connecticut prior to coming to South Carolina. On June 8, 2005, shortly after arriving in this state, Appellant fatally stabbed Victim once in the chest. According to an affidavit dated June 4, 2005, Appellant, after initially…