IN RE MILLER

No. 26995.

393 S.C. 248 (2011)

713 S.E.2d 253

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of James Carl MILLER, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 27, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant , of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh , Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe , Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. , of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice BEATTY:

James Carl Miller (Miller) appealed the circuit court's order committing him to the custody of the Department of Mental Health under the Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA),1 asserting the State failed to try the case within sixty days of the probable cause hearing as mandated by the SVPA. The Court of Appeals affirmed Miller's civil commitment on the grounds the State properly...

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