In re Lafayette

¶ 1. Plaintiff Bryan Lafayette is a prisoner serving concurrent sentences for separate arson and second-degree murder convictions. He appeals from an order of the superior court rejecting his claim that the Department of Corrections has been improperly calculating the good-time credits to his sentence. He argues that according to the Department’s Sentencing Computation Guidebook (Guidebook), because he committed the arson before July 1, 1994, his good-time credits should be calculated under the version of 28 V.S.A. § 811 that was in effect at that time. We affirm.

¶2. On November 11, 1993,…