Nelson v. Ozmint

Petitioner pled guilty to criminal domestic violence, third or subsequent offense (CDV 3rd). Petitioner filed this action in the Court’s original jurisdiction seeking a writ of mandamus directing respondent to apply good time and earned work credits to reduce the actual time petitioner must serve. We find inmates convicted of CDV 3rd are required to actually be imprisoned for a mandatory one-year minimum.

BACKGROUND

On January 20, 2010, petitioner pled guilty to two counts of CDV 3rd and was sentenced to concurrent terms of fifteen months’ imprisonment. The sentencing judge ordered petitioner…