Care and Treatment of Chandler v. State

382 S.C. 250 (2009)

676 S.E.2d 676

In the Matter of the CARE AND TREATMENT OF Elliott D. CHANDLER, Respondent,

v.

The STATE of South Carolina, Appellant.

No. 26640.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Heard October 21, 2008.

Decided April 27, 2009.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, Assistant Attorney General Brandy A. Duncan, all of Columbia, for Appellant.

Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

Justice BEATTY:

The State appeals…