Thomas v. Mississippi Dept. of Corrections

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After exhausting the administrative remedies program within the Mississippi Department of Corrections, Forrest Thomas III appealed to the circuit court for review of the Department’s decision denying him trusty time credit and meritorious earned time credit, the denial of which was based upon his conviction of kidnapping a child under the age of sixteen and classification as a sex offender. The circuit court denied relief too, so Thomas appealed to the Mississippi Supreme Court. After review, the Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court's affirmance of the Department's decision with respect to credit on his kidnapping conviction. The case was remanded for the circuit court to order the Department to run Thomas’s sentences consistently with the sentencing orders. View "Thomas v. Mississippi Dept. of Corrections" on Justia Law