IN RE CARE AND TREATMENT OF CANUPP

No. 4463.

380 S.C. 611 (2008)

671 S.E.2d 614

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF John David CANUPP, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided December 4, 2008.

Rehearing Denied January 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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 Brandy A. Duncan and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., all of Columbia, for Respondent.


GEATHERS, J.:

The State brought this action under the Sexually Violent Predator Act, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 44-48-10 to -170 (Supp.2007), for a determination that Appellant was a sexually violent predator in need of involuntary civil commitment in a secure facility for long-term control, care, and treatment. A jury found that Appellant was a sexually violent predator, and the circuit court ordered that Appellant be committed to the South Carolina Department of...

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