In the Matter of Denny Bates

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 Denny R.  Bates, Appellant.

Appeal From Dorchester County

Diane Schafer Goodstein, Circuit Court
Judge

Roger M. Young, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-034  

Submitted January 1, 2011 – Filed February
1, 2011

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W.
Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia,
for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Denny R. Bates appeals his commitment to
the South Carolina Department of Mental Health for treatment under the Sexually
Violent Predator Act, arguing the trial court erred in accepting his voluntary
commitment after he informed the court that the jail where he was currently
housed was "absolutely torture."  After
a thorough review of the record and counsel's brief pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C.
116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss[1] the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF and
LOCKEMY, JJ., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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