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MATTER OF RIDLEY

Opinion No. 5810.

433 S.C. 316 (2021)

858 S.E.2d 165

In the MATTER OF the Care and Treatment of Richard RIDLEY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed March 17, 2021.

Rehearing Denied June 11, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Kerr Aiken , of Aiken & Hightower, of Columbia, for Appellant.

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

Richard Ridley appeals his commitment to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health (the Department) as a sexually violent predator (SVP). On appeal, Ridley argues the trial court erred in admitting expert testimony regarding his diagnosis of Other Specified Paraphilic Disorder — Biastophilia/Non-Consent (OSPD — Biastophilia...

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