State v. Boyd ( 2011 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

The State, Respondent,

v.

Don Robert Boyd, Sr., Appellant.

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Appeal From Aiken County
R. Ferrell Cothran, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No. 2011-UP-349   |
Submitted June 1, 2011 – Filed June 29, 2011

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AFFIRMED

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Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey Durant, of Columbia, for Appellant.

J. Benjamin Aplin, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Don Robert Boyd, Sr., appeals the order of the circuit court tolling his probation while he is civilly committed under the Sexually Violent Predator Act.[1] He argues the circuit court lacked the authority to toll his probation.  We affirm[2] pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authority: State v. Miller, ___ S.C. ___, ___, 709 S.E.2d 135, 137 (Ct. App. 2011) (finding that the circuit court properly tolled the start date of a sexually violent predator's probation until his release from civil commitment).

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., HUFF, J., and GOOLSBY, A.J., concur.

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[1] S.C. Code Ann. § 44-48-10 to -170 (2002 & Supp. 2010).

[2] We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.