State v. Cooper

TOAL, Chief Justice:

The State appealed an order requiring it to pay fees incurred to hire an expert to examine Frank Gary Cooper (“Cooper”) in conjunction with a trial pursuant to the Sexually Violent Predator Act, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 44-48-10 to -170 (Supp.1999). The State simultaneously filed a Petition for a Writ of Supersedeas or for Clarification in the Court of Appeals and a Petition for an Extraordinary Writ with this Court, which was denied as moot. This Court certified this case for review pursuant to Rule 204(b), SCACR, and, pending the disposition of the merits of the appeal, stayed…