In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Steve Miller

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 Steve E. Miller, Appellant.

Appeal From Richland County

Alison Renee Lee, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No.  2010-UP-543 

Submitted December 1, 2010 – Filed
December 16, 2010

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief
Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J.
Shupe, Assistant Attorney General R. Westmoreland Clark, and Assistant Attorney
General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Steve E. Miller appeals the trial
court's order committing him to the Department of Mental Health after a jury
determined he met the definition of a sexually violent predator.  Miller argues
the trial court erred in excluding evidence proving the treatment facility
formerly housed inmates on death row.  We believe the trial court properly
exercised its discretion in excluding the evidence and, therefore, affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following
authority:  State v. Aleksey, 343 S.C. 20, 35, 538 S.E.2d 248, 256
(2000) (stating the trial court is given broad discretion in ruling on
questions concerning the relevance of evidence, and the court's decision will
be reversed only if there is a clear abuse of discretion).

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., SHORT and
WILLIAMS, JJ., concur.

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