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IN RE CARE AND TREATMENT OF KENNEDY

No. 3603.

353 S.C. 394 (2003)

578 S.E.2d 27

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF John Foley KENNEDY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided March 3, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Fielding Pringle, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Deputy Attorney General Treva Ashworth, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, Assistant Attorney General Steven G. Heckler, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

HEARN, C.J.:

The State petitioned to have John Foley Kennedy committed to the Department of Mental Health (DMH) as a sexually violent predator under S.C.Code Ann. § 44-48-100 (Supp. 2001). After a bench trial, the court found beyond a reasonable doubt that Kennedy was a sexually violent predator and committed him to the DMH. We affirm.

FACTS

In March 1991, Kennedy pleaded guilty to committing...

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