the Matter of Bobby Russell

CourtListener 10148031ScctappJul 31, 2013

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Bobby
Russell, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-204866

Appeal From Dorchester County
George C. James, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-333
Submitted July 1, 2013 – Filed July 31, 2013

AFFIRMED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of
Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe,
both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: State v. Commander, 396 S.C. 254, 262-63, 721 S.E.2d 413, 417
(2011) ("The admission or exclusion of evidence is a matter within the trial court's
sound discretion, and an appellate court may only disturb a ruling admitting or
excluding evidence upon a showing of a 'manifest abuse of discretion accompanied
by probable prejudice.'" (quoting State v. Douglas, 369 S.C. 424, 429, 632 S.E.2d
845, 847-48 (2006))); State v. McHoney, 344 S.C. 85, 96, 544 S.E.2d 30, 35 (2001)
("[T]he results of polygraph examinations are generally inadmissible because the
reliability of the test is questionable.").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

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