Price v. Mills

KIRSHBAUM, Justice.

These consolidated appeals raise questions concerning methods used by the Department of Corrections (the Department) to calculate certain credits established by the General Assembly to reduce the actual amount of time convicted felons remain incarcerated as the result of judicially imposed sentences. In 85SA171, a trial court judgment (85CV18) concluding that the Department erroneously calculated the good time credits applicable to appellee Walter Price’s sentence is challenged. In 85SA320, two trial court judgments in two cases, 84CV87 and 84CV256, are involved. 1 In the…