Supreme Court of South Carolina July 2, 2001, 25316 (State v. Benjamin)

WALLER, Justice:

Benjamin was convicted of murder and armed robbery and respectively sentenced to life and thirty years. We affirm.

FACTS

On May 7, 1997, Benjamin and a co-defendant, Tyrone Aiken, robbed the Sweetwater Citgo convenience store in Calhoun County. Aiken shot and killed the store’s employee, Dale Walker, and the two stole approximately $100.00 from the register.