In Re the Care & Treatment of Canupp

GEATHERS, J.:

The State brought this action under the Sexually Violent Predator Act, S.C.Code Ann. §§ 44-48-10 to -170 (Supp.2007), for a determination that Appellant was a sexually violent predator in need of involuntary civil commitment in a secure facility for long-term control, care, and treatment. A jury found that Appellant was a sexually violent predator, and the circuit court ordered that Appellant be committed to the South Carolina Department of Mental Health. Appellant challenges the commitment order on the ground that the circuit court failed to charge the jury that Appellant had a…