Opinion
NO. 2015 KW 0371
05-04-2015
STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY COLLINS
In Re: Troy Collins, applying for supervisory writs, 17th Judicial District Court, Parish of Lafourche, No. 486049. BEFORE: GUIDRY, THERIOT AND DRAKE, JJ.
WRIT DENIED. A defendant shall receive credit only for time in actual custody and only once during any calendar month when consecutive sentences are imposed. La. Code Crim. P. art. 880(B). The trial court imposed consecutive sentences for the underlying offenses. Therefore, relator is not entitled to jail credit on both sentences. Furthermore, the awarding of jail credits was not, as suggested by relator, a part of the plea agreement. Any complaint regarding the calculation of time by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections must be raised as directed by the Corrections Administrative Remedy Procedure (CARP), La. R.S. 15:1171-79, as that is the exclusive remedy by which an offender may challenge time computations relative to credit for time served. See La. R.S. 15:1171(B).
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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT /s/_________
DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT