In Re the Care & Treatment of McCoy

ORDER

Appellant was found guilty of committing a lewd act on a minor. He was subsequently found to be a sexually violent predator pursuant to the South Carolina Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVP Act), 1 and was involuntarily committed to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health.

Thereafter, appellant filed a notice of appeal. Counsel for appellant, pursuant to Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 87 S.Ct. 1396, 18 L.Ed.2d 493 (1967), Johnson v. State, 294 S.C. 310, 364 S.E.2d 201 (1988), and Ex Parte Cauthen, 291 S.C. 465, 354 S.E.2d 381 (1987), filed an affidavit with the Court stating…