Purcell v. State

ON PETITION TO TRANSFER

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Defendant Tommie Purcell was sentenced to three years. Rather than send him to prison, the trial court placed him on home detention under the supervision of a community corrections program. After 690 days, the home detention placement was revoked and he was committed to the Department of Correction. We hold, as did the Court of Appeals, that he is entitled to 690 days credit for time actually served toward the three-year sentence.

Background

Following his arrest on February 28, 1995, Defendant Tommie C. Purcell was sentenced to a term of three years when…