State v. Benjamin

MOREHEAD, Acting Judge:

A jury convicted Franklin Benjamin of armed robbery, and the trial court sentenced him to life without parole pursuant to •S.C.Code Ann. § 17-25-45(A) (Supp.1999). Benjamin appeals. We affirm.

In the early morning of May 7, 1997, at approximately 4:30 a.m., two men armed with a revolver robbed Dodge’s convenience store in Orangeburg County. Police later identified one of the men as Franklin Benjamin and arrested him on May 8. On July 28 an Orangeburg County grand jury indicted Benjamin for the armed robbery.

Benjamin was convicted on January 27, 1998. Because Benjamin had…