State Ex Rel. Nixon v. Kelly

LAURA DENVIR STITH, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in certio-rari to review the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus directing the Department of Corrections (“DOC”) to grant Paul A. Haldeman more than seven months of “jail-time” credit on his May 13, 1996, sentence for sexual assault. The habeas court granted credit for the time Mr. Haldeman had already served in prison from October 6, 1995, to May 13, 1996, on an April 1994 conviction. Mr. Haldeman argued that this time was “related to” his May 1996 conviction because both convictions involved sexual assaults on his stepdaughter and the…