Thompson v. South Carolina Department of Public Safety

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is an action to construe the mandatory driver’s license suspension portion of the felony driving under the influence (felony DUI) statute, S.C.Code Ann. § 56-5-2945 (Supp.1998). The Court of Appeals held the statutory three year suspension period following “any term of imprisonment” commenced when respondent was released from prison and began serving his probationary sentence, and that where, as here, a defendant has multiple felony DUI convictions arising out of a single accident, the legislature intended that he receive a single three year suspension. Thompson v.…