Supreme Court of South Carolina, 2026

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Wiley L. Chapman

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Wiley L. Chapman
Supreme Court of South Carolina · Decided April 22, 2026
In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Wiley L. Chapman

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.

In the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Wiley L.

Chapman, Petitioner.

Appellate Case No. 2025-000402

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Chesterfield County Michael S. Holt, Circuit Court Judge

Opinion No. 2026-MO-004 Heard November 19, 2025 – Filed April 22, 2026

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals David Alexander and Jordan Millen Wayburn, formerly of Appellate Defense, both of Columbia, both for Petitioner.

Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Christopher Runyan, both of Columbia, both for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Matter of Chapman, Op. No. 2024-UP-390 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Nov.

27, 2024). We now dismiss the writ as improvidently granted.

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

KITTREDGE, C.J., FEW, JAMES, HILL and VERDIN, JJ., concur.

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