Purcell v. State

OPINION

STATON, Judge.

Tommie C. Purcell, Jr. appeals the trial court’s denial of his Motion to Correct Erroneous Sentence and for Time Served Credit. Purcell presents one issue for our review, which we restate as: whether the trial court erred by ordering Purcell to serve his full three year sentence and by not deducting the time Purcell had already served in a community corrections program.

We reverse and remand with instructions.

In 1995, Purcell pled guilty to Driving While Suspended as an Habitual Traffic Offender 1 and was sentenced to three years, to be served by way of direct commitment…