In the Matter of Owen

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 Ronald Owen,
Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2015-001955

Appeal From Newberry County
Donald B. Hocker, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2017-UP-184
Submitted April 1, 2017 – Filed May 3, 2017

AFFIRMED

Charles Thomas Brooks, III, of Law Office of Charles T.
Brooks, III, of Sumter, for Appellant.

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

PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 44-48-110 (Supp. 2016) ("If the court determines
that probable cause exists to believe that the person's mental abnormality or
personality disorder has so changed that the person is safe to be at large and, if
released, is not likely to commit acts of sexual violence, the court must schedule a
trial on the issue."); In re Care & Treatment of Tucker, 353 S.C. 466, 470, 578
S.E.2d 719, 722 (2003) ("In a [section] 44-48-110 probable cause hearing, the
committed person has the burden of showing the hearing court that probable cause
exists to believe that his mental condition has so changed that he is safe to be
released."); id. at 470, 578 S.E.2d at 721 ("On review, the appellate court will not
disturb the hearing court's finding on probable cause unless found to be without
evidence that reasonably supports the hearing court's finding.").

AFFIRMED.1

GEATHERS, MCDONALD, and HILL, JJ., concur.

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