MATTER OF BILTON

Opinion No. 5775.

432 S.C. 157 (2020)

851 S.E.2d 442

In the MATTER OF the Care and Treatment of Micah A. BILTON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed October 14, 2020.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Appellate Defender David Alexander , of Columbia, for Appellant.

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


The State called one witness during Micah Allen Bilton's trial for civil commitment as an alleged sexually violent predator. That witness—a forensic psychologist—was permitted to testify as an expert regarding a controversial test performed on Bilton she neither administered nor observed. She also shared the test results...

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