the Matter of Bobby Russell

• Court: Court of Appeals of South Carolina
• Decided: July 31, 2013
• Docket: 2013-UP-333
• Status: Unpublished

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 of the Care and Treatment of Bobby Russell, Appellant.

Appellate Case No. 2011-204866

Appeal From Dorchester County George C. James, Jr., Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2013-UP-333 Submitted July 1, 2013 – Filed July 31, 2013

AFFIRMED

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

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We affirm pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following authorities: State v. Commander, 396 S.C. 254, 262-63, 721 S.E.2d 413, 417 (2011) ("The admission or exclusion of evidence is a matter within the trial court's sound discretion, and an appellate court may only disturb a ruling admitting or excluding evidence upon a showing of a 'manifest abuse of discretion accompanied by probable prejudice.'" (quoting State v. Douglas, 369 S.C. 424, 429, 632 S.E.2d 845, 847-48 (2006))); State v. McHoney, 344 S.C. 85, 96, 544 S.E.2d 30, 35 (2001) ("[T]he results of polygraph examinations are generally inadmissible because the reliability of the test is questionable.").

AFFIRMED.1

HUFF, WILLIAMS, and KONDUROS, JJ., concur.

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