CARE AND TREATMENT OF CHANDLER v. STATE

No. 26640.

382 S.C. 250 (2009)

676 S.E.2d 676

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF Elliott D. CHANDLER, Respondent, v. The STATE of South Carolina, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 27, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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, all of Columbia, for Appellant.

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice BEATTY:

The State appeals from a circuit court order finding there was no probable cause to believe Elliott D. Chandler meets the definition of a sexually violent predator under the South Carolina Sexually Violent Predator Act.1 We reverse and remand.

FACTS

In December 2003, Chandler entered a negotiated plea of guilty to one count of assault and battery of a high and...

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