Opinion
2013-UP-333
07-31-2013
In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Bobby Russell, Appellant. Appellate Case No. 2011-204866
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
UNPUBLISHED OPINION
Submitted July 1, 2013
Appeal From Dorchester County George C. James, Jr., Circuit Court Judge
Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant.
Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM
We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Commander, 396 S.C. 254, 262-63, 721 S.E.2d 413, 417 (2011) ("The admission or exclusion of evidence is a matter within the trial court's sound discretion, and an appellate court may only disturb a ruling admitting or excluding evidence upon a showing of a 'manifest abuse of discretion accompanied by probable prejudice.'" (quoting State v. Douglas, 369 S.C. 424, 429, 632 S.E.2d 845, 847-48 (2006))); State v. McHoney, 344 S.C. 85, 96, 544 S.E.2d 30, 35 (2001) ("[T]he results of polygraph examinations are generally inadmissible because the reliability of the test is questionable.").
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.
HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.