In The Matter Of The Care And Treatment Of Joel Keziah

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 Joel Keziah, Appellant.

Appeal From Lexington County

James R. Barber, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2010-UP-261

Submitted April 1, 2010 – Filed April 29,
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, and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all
of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Joel
Keziah appeals his commitment to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health
under the Sexually Violent Predator Act.  Keziah argues the trial court erred
in denying his pretrial motion for outpatient treatment rather than long-term commitment
under the Act.  We affirm[1] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and
the following authorities:  S.C. Code
Ann. § 44-48-30(1)(a), (b) (Supp. 2009) (defining a sexually violent predator); S.C. Code Ann. § 44-48-100
(Supp. 2009) (requiring the circuit court, pursuant to the Sexually Violent
Predator Act, to commit any individual who is determined to be a sexually
violent predator).

AFFIRMED.

PIEPER and GEATHERS, JJ.,
and CURETON, A.J., concur.

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