In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Raymond Carter

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 Raymond Carter, Appellant.

Appeal from Lexington County

R. Knox McMahon, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-050

Submitted January 4, 2010 – Filed January
27, 2010   

APPEAL DISMISSED

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

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, 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: 
Raymond Carter appeals the trial court's decision to deny his directed verdict
motion with respect to the State's action to commit him to the custody of the
Department of Mental Health pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act, S.C.
Code Ann. §§ 44-48-10 to 44-48-170 (Supp. 2008).  After
thoroughly reviewing the record and the briefs pursuant to Anders v.
California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116,
406 S.E.2d 357 (1991) and In re McCoy, 360 S.C. 425, 602 S.E.2d 58
(2004), we dismiss Carter's appeal and grant counsel's petition to be relieved.[1] 

APPEAL
DISMISSED.

HUFF,
A.C.J., GEATHERS, J., and CURETON, A.J., concur. 

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