Cotton v. Ellsworth
Indiana Court of Appeals
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
KIRSCH, Judge.
Zettie Cotton1 (the "Indiana Department of Correction" or the "DOC"), appeals the trial court's decision granting Edward Ellsworth's writ of habeas corpus, arguing that the trial court's interpretation of IC 35-50-6-8.3, the educational credit time statute, is erroneous because it ignores the statute's unambiguous language.
We affirm.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Ellsworth was convicted of robbery and sentenced to a thirty-year term of imprisonment in the DOC. During his incarceration, he was awarded an associate's degree and on April 6, 1998, the DOC therefore subtracted…
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