Daniel Israel Singleton v. Jacquelyn Banks

BARNES, J., FOR THE COURT:

¶ 1. In May 1984, Daniel Singleton was convicted by a Harrison County Circuit Court jury of attempted armed robbery and sentenced to thirty-five years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC). He is currently incarcerated at the South Mississippi Correctional Institution (SMCI) in Greene County.

¶ 2. On December 7, 2015, Singleton filed a request through the MDOC's Administrative Remedy Program (ARP), alleging he was entitled to 206 days (later amended to 157 days) of pretrial credit for time served in a Louisiana jail. Singleton claimed that…