In re Care of Whitlock

Full title: In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of O'Bryan B. Whitlock, Appellant.

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals

Date published: Dec 23, 2013

Appellate Case No. 2012-212021 (S.C. Ct. App. Dec. 23, 2013)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2012-212021 Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-492

12-23-2013

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of O'Bryan B. Whitlock, Appellant.

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia; and O'Bryan B. Whitlock, pro se, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE

CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING

EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

Appeal From York County

Thomas A. Russo, Circuit Court Judge

APPEAL DISMISSED

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of Columbia; and O'Bryan B. Whitlock, pro se, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent. PER CURIAM: Dismissed after consideration of Appellant's pro se brief and review pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and In re McCoy, 360 S.C. 425, 427, 602 S.E.2d 58, 59 (2004) (adopting an Anders type procedure for alleged no-merit sexually violent predator involuntary commitment appeals). Counsel's motion to be relieved is granted.¹

1 We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

HUFF, GEATHERS, and LOCKEMY, JJ., concur.