In the Matter Richard Fletcher Ellisor

Opinion

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 __________

Unpublished Opinion No. 2012-UP-484 Submitted May 1, 2012 –Filed August 8, 2012 __________

APPEAL DISMISSED __________

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.

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