James v. South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole, & Pardon Services

Isiah James, Jr. appeals the Administrative Law Court’s (ALC) dismissal of his appeal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 18, 1979, James pled guilty to two counts of voluntary manslaughter and aimed robbery. The trial judge sentenced him to two, thirty-year consecutive terms of imprisonment for each count of voluntary manslaughter, and a twenty-five-year consecutive term of imprisonment for armed robbery.

James first became eligible for parole in 1988, and the South Carolina Board of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services (Board) rejected his application. Over the…