Daniels v. SCDC

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EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

Kevin J. Daniels, Appellant,

v.

South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.

Appellate Case No. 2014-002613

Appeal From The Administrative Law Court
John D. McLeod, Administrative Law Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2016-UP-110
Submitted February 1, 2016 – Filed March 2, 2016

AFFIRMED

Kevin J. Daniels, pro se.

Christina Catoe Bigelow, of the South Carolina
Department of Corrections, of Columbia, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM: Kevin Daniels appeals the Administrative Law Court's (ALC's)
order affirming the South Carolina Department of Corrections' (SCDC's) decision,
which denied Daniels's Step 2 grievance and found he was properly credited for
time served. On appeal, Daniels argues (1) SCDC unlawfully imposed a
suspended sentence upon him without notice and a hearing, (2) he is entitled to 388
days of time served credited to his concurrent sentences, and (3) SCDC's decision
was in violation of a constitutional or statutory provision, in excess of statutory
authority of the agency, made upon unlawful procedure, clearly erroneous, or an
unwarranted exercise of discretion. We affirm1 pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR,
and the following authorities:

1. As to whether the ALC erred in finding Daniels was not entitled to 388 days of
time served credited to his concurrent sentences: S.C. Code Ann. § 24-13-40
(Supp. 2015) ("The computation of time served by prisoners under sentences
imposed by the courts of this State must be calculated from the date of the
imposition of the sentence."); id. ("[I]n computing the time served by a prisoner,
full credit against the sentence must be given for time served prior to trial and
sentencing . . . ."); Crooks v. State, 326 S.C. 171, 174-75, 485 S.E.2d 374, 375-76
(1997) (finding an offender could not receive credit for detention before an offense
was charged).

2. As to Daniels's remaining issues: West v. Newberry Elec. Coop., 357 S.C. 537,
543, 593 S.E.2d 500, 503 (Ct. App. 2004) (finding an issue neither addressed in the
final order nor mentioned in a subsequent Rule 59(e) motion is not preserved for
review).

AFFIRMED.

FEW, C.J., and SHORT and THOMAS, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.