In the Matter Richard Fletcher Ellisor ( 2012 )

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.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals
In the Matter and Care and
Treatment of Richard Fletcher
Ellisor, Appellant.
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Appeal From Lexington County
William P. Keesley, Circuit Court Judge
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Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-484
Submitted May 1, 2012 –Filed August 8, 2012
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APPEAL DISMISSED
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Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of
Columbia, and Richard Fletcher Ellisor, pro se, for
Appellant.
Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy
Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Senior
Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott,
and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe,
all of Columbia; and Solicitor Donald V. Myers, of
Lexington, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM: Richard Fletcher Ellisor appeals his commitment
pursuant to the South Carolina Sexually Violent Predator Act, arguing the
trial court erred in admitting testimony concerning his prior criminal
convictions. Ellisor also filed a pro se brief. After a thorough review of the
record and all briefs pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967),
In re McCoy, 360 S.C. 425, 602 S.E.2d 58 (2004) (adopting the Anders
procedure for alleged no-merit appeals in sexually violent predator
involuntary commitment appeals), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406
S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss1 the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be
relieved.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
FEW, C.J., HUFF and SHORT, JJ., concur.
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We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.