In the Matter of Alton M. Chisolm ( 2011 )

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THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Alton M. Chisolm, Appellant.

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Appeal From Charleston County
Deadra L. Jefferson, Circuit Court Judge

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Unpublished Opinion No.  2011-UP-436
Submitted October 1, 2011 - Filed October 11, 2011

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APPEAL DISMISSED

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Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia; and Solicitor David M. Pascoe, Jr., of Summerville, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM:  Alton M. Chisolm appeals his commitment to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health as a sexually violent predator.  Chisolm argues the circuit court erred in denying his motion to exclude two 2003 convictions of lewd act upon a child.  After a thorough review of the record and counsel's brief pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Williams, 305 S.C. 116, 406 S.E.2d 357 (1991), we dismiss the appeal and grant counsel's motion to be relieved.^[1]  Additionally, we note a defendant need not be informed of the consequences of the Sexually Violent Predator Act for a plea to still be voluntary because sentencing under the Act is a collateral consequence of a guilty plea.   Page v. State, 364 S.C. 632, 637, 615 S.E.2d 740, 742 (2005).

APPEAL DISMISSED. 

SHORT, WILLIAMS, and GEATHERS, JJ., concur.

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