Petition for Writ of Certiorari — Earnest Lee Langston, Petitioner v. Don Phillips, Chairman, Missouri Board of Probation and Parole
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INDEX TO APPENDIX
APPENDIX A: DECISION/ JUDMENT AND ORDER OF THE COLE COUNTY
CIRCUIT COURT/ which was proposed by the Asst
Attorney General (after misleading the Court)
APPENDIX B: ORDER OF THE MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS/ SUMMARILY
DENYING PETITION FOR MANDAMUS RELIEF
APPENDIX C:
MANDATE AND JUDGMENT OF MISSOURI SUPREME COURT/
Which also summarily denied petition for Mandamus
APPENDIX D:
2005 LETTER FROM DEPT OF CORRECTIONS VERIFYING THAT
THE BOARD WAS CONVERTING CXONSECUTIVE SENTENCES TO
CONCURRENT/ Based on Sec. 558.019.5
APPENDIX E:
IS A COPY OF SAID STATUTE/ SECTION 558.019.5
APPENDIX F:
IS MISSOURI CODE OF STATE REGULATIONS GOVERNING
PAROLE RELEASE OF SENTENCES THAT TOTAL MORE THAN
45-YEARS/ WHETHER CONSECUTIVE OR CONCURRENT, ANY
SENTENCE$S) MORE THHAN 45-YEARS IS TREATED AS
45-YEARS, UNDER 14 CSR 80-2.010
APPENDIX G:
SHOWS THAT PAROLE IS CALCULATED ON A SINGLE
SENTENCE . . . ALONE WITH CONSECUTIVE PAROLE
ON THE REMAINING CONSECUTIVE SENTENCES
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IS A PORTION OF THE WOLFE CASE, WHEREIN THE APPEL
LATE COURT IS CRITICIZING THE DEPT OF CORRECTIONS'
USE (IN USING SECTION 558.019.4(2) 75 YEAR RULE)
TO CALCULATE PAROLE ELGIBILITY ON LIFE SENTENCES
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IS A CASE SHOWING THAT NO SENTENCE(S) CONSECUTIVE
TO A LIFE SENTENCE CAN NULLIFY PAROLE ELGIBILITY
ON A LIFE SENTENCE, THAT ALL THE SENTENCES MUST
BE TREATED AS ONE . . . AND THAT NO MANDATORY*
MINIMUMS CAN BE GREATER THAN THAT OF A LIFE
SENTENCE
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NEWSPAPER CLIPPING OF REGINALD CLEMONS' CASE
WHERE HE RECIEVED 5-CONSECUTIVE LIFE SENTENCES, AND
WAS GRANTED A 2020 PAROLE HEARING
G-5:
Board's Calculation of petitioner's parole
elgibility (or, miscalculation)
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF COLE COUNTY
STATE OF MISSOURI
EARNEST LANGSTON,
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DECISION JUDGMENT AND ORDER
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Earnest Langston raises statutory, regulatory, and constitutional challenges
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c, t0 the Parole Board’s determination of his parole eligibility date. All of these
challenges are based misinterpretations of Missouri law. Langston’s parole
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eligibility date has been correctly calculated by aggregating fee ineligibility
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periods on his consecutive sentences, and where applicable giving him the benefit
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of fee 75-year rule of 558.019.4(2). Wolfe v. Missouri Dept Of Corrections, 199
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S.W.3d 219 (Mo. App. W.D. 2005); Edger v. Missouri Bd. of Probation and
'b Parole, 307 S.W.3d 718 (Mo. App. W.D. 2010). Langston has no entitlement
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under Missouri law to have his numerous consecutive sentences all treated as a
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^ single 30-year sentence or a single 50-year sentence, for purposes of analyzing
parole eligibility, and no right to have all his consecutive sentences converted to
concurrent sentences.
Langston’s Due Process Clause, Equal Protection Clause, and Ex Post
Facto Clause claims are all without legal merit, as are his claims under Missouri
statutes and parole regulations. Langston has not been disadvantaged by fee use of
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Respondent's Exhibit A
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current parole statutes or regulations and he has no liberty interest in,the use of
earlier versions of the parole statutes or regulations. See State ex. rel. Cavallaro v.
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Groose, 908 S.W.2d 133 (Mo. banc 1995). He fails to set out an Equal Protection
Ciiuse claim by alleging that two inmates with Kfe sentences or sentences more
than 45 years had parole hearings after 13 years. Langston has many consecutive
sentences with statutory or regulatory mandatory-minimum prison, terms, and
those sentences make his case distinguishable from inmates who become parole
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eli gible after 15 years and therefore receive a hearing after 13 years.
Because all Langston’s claims fail as a matter of law and there are no
genuinely disputed facts material to that determination summary Judgment is
granted for the Missouri Board of Probation and Parole.
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MISSOURI COURT OF APPEALS
WESTERN DISTRICT
STATE OF MISSOURI EX REL.,
EARNEST LEE LANGSTON #23783,
SOUTH CENTRAL CORRECTIONAL
CENTER, 255 W. HWY 32
LICKING, MISSOURI 65542,
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Relator,
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MISSOURI BOARD OF
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ORDER
Relator’s Petition for Writ of Mandamus with Suggestions in Support filed on June 24,2021,
is taken up and considered. The Court being fully advised in the premises hereby denies the petition.
Dated this 24"1 day of June 2021.
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Thomas N. Chapman
Presiding Judge, Writ Division
Judge Anthony Rex Gabbert concurs
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Mr. Eric Schmitt, Esq.
Attorney for Respondent
Mr. Don Phillips
Missouri Board of Probation & Parole
Mr. Earnest Langston #23783
Relator Acting Pro Se
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In the Supreme Court of Missouri
September Session, 2021
State ex rel. Earnest Lee Langston,
Petitioner,
MANDAMUS
No. SC99255
Cole County Circuit Court No. 09AC-CC00541-01
Western District Court of Appeals No. WD84610
Don Phillips, Chairman, Missouri Board of Probation and Parole,
Respondent.
Now at this day, on consideration of the petition for a writ of mandamus herein to the
said respondent, it is ordered by the Court here that the said petition be, and the same is hereby
denied. Petitioner’s request for preliminary order, or service, upon Respondent overruled as
moot,
STATE OF MISSOURI-Sct.
I, BETSY AUBUCHON, Clerk of the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri, certify that
the foregoing is afull, true and complete transcript ofthe judgment ofsaid Supreme Court, entered
ofrecord at the September Session thereof 2021, and on the 5th day ofOctober, 2021, in the aboveentitled cause.
WITNESS my hand and the Seal of the
Supreme Court of Missouri, at my office in
the City ofJefferson, this 5th day of October,
2021.
Clerk
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MATT BLUNT
2729 Plaza Drive
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LARRY CRAWFORD
Telephone: 573-751-2389
Fax: 573-751-4099
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State of Missouri
DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS
Ad Excelleum Conamur - We Strive Towards Excellence”
January 14, 2005
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Your letter to the Governor has been forwarded to this office for handling. In that letter
you request that your sentences be converted from consecutive to concurrent.
The members oTTKd Board oTPfbbation and Parole cany7 a heavy responsibility. They
are charged with assessing each individual’s case and determining if release would best
serve the interests of the offender, their victims and Missouri citizens. They also strive to
develop a release plan that will provide the offender an opportunity to address substance
abuse needs, education, anger management or other issues that may nave lead to
incarceration.
Statute 558.019 does give the Board the authority to revert consecutive sentences to
concurrent sentences. Policy and procedure related to consecutive sentence review has
not been established. At this time, the Board is not utilizing the enabling statutory
language that allows conversion of consecutive sentences to a concurrent sentence. In the
rnrzrl p cfercy jtTjTJ"pi'TJC'Cfe uic is ■implemented, the offender population will be notified.
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2. Th.s provisions of subsections 2 to 5 of this section shall be applicable to all classes of felonies except
those set forth in chapter 195, RSMo, and those otherwise excluded in subsection 1 of this section. For
the purposes of this section, "prison conunitment" means and is the receipt by the department of
corrections of a [defendant] offender after sentencing. For purposes of this section, prior prison
commitments to the department of corrections shall not include commitment to a regimented discipline
program established pursuant to section 217.378, RSMo. Other provisions of the law to the contrary
notwithstanding, any [defendant] offender who has pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of a
felony other than a dangerous felony as defined in section 556.061, RSMo, and is committed to the
department of corrections shall be required to serve the following minimum prison terms:
(1) If the [defendant] offender has one previous prison commitment to the department of corrections for
a felony offense, the mbtiimim prison term which the [defendant] offender must serve shall be forty
percent of his or her sentence or until the [defendant] offender attains seventy years of age, and has
served at least [forty] thirty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs first,
(2) If the [defendant] offender has two previous prison commitments to the department of correcti ons
for felonies unrelated to the present offense, the minimum prison term which the [defendant] offender
must serve qhall be fifty percent of his or her sentence or until the [defendant] offender attains seventy
years of age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs first;
(3) If the [defendant] offender has three or more previous prison commitments to the department of
corrections for felonies unrelated to the present offense, the minimum prison term which the [defendant]
offender must serve shall be eighty percent of his or her sentence or until the [defendant] offender attains seventy years of age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever
occurs first
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3. Other provisions of the law to the contrary notwithstanding, any [defendant] offender who has
pleaded guilty to or has been found guilty of a dangerous felony as defined in section 556.061, RSMo,
and is committed to the department of corrections shall be required to serve a minimum prison term of
eighty-five percent of the sentence imposed by the court or until the [defendant] offender attains
seventy years of age, and has served at least forty percent of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs
first.
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4. For the purpose of determining the minimum prison term to be served, the following calculations
shall apply:
(1) A sentence of life shall be calculated to be thirty years;
(2) Any sentence either alone or in the aggregate with other consecutive sentences for crimes committed
at or near the same time which is over seventy-five years shall be calculated to be seventy-five years.
5. For purposes of this section, the term "minimum prison term" shall mean time required to be served
by the [defendant] offender before he or she is eligible for parole, conditional release or other early
release by the department of corrections. Except that the board of probation and parole, ig. thecasejof
consecutive sentences imposed at the same time pursuant to a course of conduct constituting a cpmrpon
~^S5e5ie^FpIan7sHaH be authorized to converTconsecutive sentences'to concurrentyentences, when the
boarddSidsTafter hearing'with notice to the prosecuting or circuit attorney, that the sum of the terms
results in an unreasonably excessive total term, taking into consideration all factors related to the crime .
or crimes committed and the sentences received by others similarly situated.
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14 Mo. Code of State Regulations 80-2.010
Missouri Code of State Regulations Currentness.
Title 14 - Department of Corrections
Division 80 - State Board of Probation and Parole
ChaDter 2 - Parole Consideration and Conditional Release
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*14 CSR 80-2.010 Parole Eligibility, Hearings, Reviews and Release Dates
This rule sets forth factors regarding parole eligibility, the purpose and procedures for
PURPOSE:
parole hearings, and the possible results.
(1) Minimum Parole Eligibility. The following provisions apply to sentences where there is no minimum
prison term established by statute requiring more time to be served.
Appendix C are eligible for parole after fifteen percent (15%) of the maximum sentence has been
served, except where statute would require more time to be served.
(B) Offenders convicted of driving while intoxicated as a persistent, aggravated, ^chronic offender
and enhanced non-vioient class C and D felony offenses under section 558.016, RSMq are eligible
for parole after twenty-five percent (25%) of the maximum sentence has been served, except
where statute would require more time to be served.
(C) Offenders convicted of class A and B drug and non-violent felony offenses as shown in die
Procedures Governing the Granting of Paroles and Conditional Releases, Appendix C are eligible for
parole after twenty-five percent (25%) of the maximum sentence has been served, except where
statute requires more time to be served.
fDl Offenders convicted of violent offenses as shown in-the Procedures Governing the Granting of
except where statute would require more time to be served.
CEl Offenders serving life or multiple concurrent or consecutive life sentences and offenders with
sentences totaling forty-five (45) years or more are eligible for parole after a minimum of fifteen
(15) years has been served, except where statute would require more time to be served.
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minimum eligibility date.
the Board of Probation and Parole, 1511 Christy Drive, Jefferson City, MO 65101. This rule does not
incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
(2) Medical Parole.
(A) The board will consider a medical parole under the following conditions:
1 A specific recommendation to the parole board must be made by a correctional center
physician responsible for the treatment, care or custody of offenders who have serious
physical, mental or emotional problems; and
2. The
parole board must determine that the offender will be able to obtain and receive proper
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(C) Parole hearings provide the hearing panel the opportunity to3. The victim or person representing the victim may call or write the parole board rather than
attend the hearing.
1. Review and discuss all available reports, pertinent case history material, and any other
material they deem to be relevant. This may Include medical, psychological and psychiatric
reports, prior record of arrests, convictions and Incarcerations, past and present patterns of
behavior, and confidential information;
4. The victim or person representing the victim may have a personal meeting with a board
member at the board's central office In Jefferson City. ■
2. Review and discuss institutional adjustment, conduct, and progress as this will reflect upon the
offender’s attitudes and preparation to resume life In free society;
5. The victim or person representing the victim will be notified of the results of any parole hearing
If they indicate a desire to be notified.
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3. Evaluate the offender in regard to suitability for parole release; and
(C) The parole board, upon written request of the judge,' the prosecuting attorney, or a
representative of law enforcement from the jurisdiction, in which the crime was committed, shall
provide notice prior to the parole hearing for any offender. The judge, prosecuting attorney, a
representative from law enforcement, or a combination of them, may attend the hearing and
provide information to the hearing panel in reference to the board's deliberation regarding parole
release. Notification of the hearing results will be provided upon request.
4. Determine conditions to be accomplished prior to and after release,
(4) Scheduling.
(A) Parole hearings are conducted monthly with offenders at each major institution.
(D) The hearing panel shall limit or exclude any irrelevant.or repetitious statement.
(B) Within ninety (90) days of delivery to the Department of Corrections, a parole hearing will
automatically be scheduled for all offenders eligible for parole under state law. The date of the
hearing will be based upon a schedule established by the board which takes into account the
offense, sentence length, and credit for time served. The offender will receive written notice of
the date of hearing approximately forty-five (45) days in advance.
(E) The Interview will be recorded.
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(F) The hearing shall not be open to the public and the records of all hearings shall be treated as
confidential and shall not be opened to inspection by the offender concerned, the offender’s
delegate, or any other unauthorized persons ( sections 217.670 and 549.500, RSMo).
(C) An offender may request that his/her parole hearing be scheduled for a later date. The board
will not accept a request for a continuance of less than three (3) months or more than five (5)
years.
(G) The Inmate who waives a personal appearance before the hearing panel shall have his/her
case considered by the board In absentia.
(D) An offender who has a sentence of less than twenty-four (24) months may waive their right
to a personal hearing.
(E) An offender serving ail incarceration for a class C, D, or E (published September 2016 and
effective January 2017) non-violent offense, excluding DWI and UUW, who has not failed an
institutional treatment program and has a sentence length of seven (7) years or less may be
allowed to waive their parole hearing.
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(H) An offender who is serving a concurrent Missouri sentence while confined in another state or
federal correctional center Is under the same rules governing the granting of parole and
conditional release as an offender who is serving his/her sentence in a Missouri institution, except
that a personal hearing before the board shall not be required. The board will consider these
cases in absentia,
(6) Hearing Results.
(5) Hearing Procedure.
(A) The offender will appear before the hearing panel. The hearing panel shall consist of one (1)
member of the parole board and two (2) hearing officers appointed by the board.
1. Offenders may have a person of their choice at the hearing. The offender's delegate may offer
a statement on behalf of the offender, ask questions, and provide any additional information that
may be requested by the hearing panel.
2. Other inmates may not be present at the hearing.
(B) In accordance with section 595.209, RSMo the Department of Corrections, Victims Services
Unit shall notify victims of identified offenses, or upon the written request of the victim of any
other offense, of their right to be present at the parole hearing of the offender. Any victim or
person representing the victim who attends a parole consideration hearing may provide
information to the hearing panel In reference to the board's deliberation regarding parole release.
1. The victim or person representing the victim who attends a hearing may be accompanied by
one (1) other person.
2. The victim or person representing the victim who attends a hearing may give testimony in the
presence of the offender or to the hearing panel without the offender being present.
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(A) After the hearing, a number of different kinds of investigation reports may be requested,
including field Investigations, institutional investigations, medical evaluations, psychological or
psychiatric evaluations, or a combination of these.
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(B) A decision will be reached as soon as possible and the offender will receive a written notice as
soon as the notice can be prepared and delivered.
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(C) The offender may be scheduled for a reconsideration hearing.
1. The purpose of a reconsideration hearing shall be to consider the offender's case and any
significant developments or changes in the offender's;status that may have occurred'subsequent
to the previous hearing.
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2. Reconsideration hearings shall be conducted every one (1) to five (5) years at the board's
discretion until a release date has been established.
(D) A release date may be set, either by parole or conditional release.
1. Parole will apply to the sentence the offender is currently serving and consecutive paroles will
be granted to apply to consecutive sentences.
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of the sentence imposed, whichever occurs first. Section 558.019.4(11 explicitly
provides that in determining the minimum prison term to be served, a life sentence
shall be calculated to be thirty years. Eighty-five percent of thirty years is 25.5 years.
Eighty-five percent of his ten-year sentence is 8.5 years. Thus, the circuit court
ctly determined that Wolfe's minimum prison term prior to parole eligibility should
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be calculated as thirty-four years (25.5 years plus 8.5 years).
MDOC concedes that action 558.019.4(11 [**9] requires that, for purposes of
determining the mandatory minimum prison term to be served a life sentence is
considered to be thirty years; therefore, Wolfe becomes "theggt^all^p.arole eiig'ble
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or 25.5 years. However,
because MDOC interprets a life sentence that is coupled with a ten-year^ongecutive
than seventy-five years, MDOC argues that section 558.019.4(2)
sentence to be more
ap^FirthiTiTS^rThat Son provides that "(a]ny sentence either alone or in
the aggregate with other consecutive sentences for crimes committed at or near the
same time which is over seventy-five years shall be calculated to be seventy-five
matter of law, asserts MDOC, Wolfe's two sentences arejaqreqatedjntp a
years." As a
single seventy-five-year sentence under subparagraph (2). Under this method of
calculation^ MDOC argues^ Wolfe's mandatory minimum prison term will be completed
on Wolfe's seventieth birthday. ^
In another twist to its argument, MDOC asserts that Wolfe cannot serve eighty-five
miict- itnrlpr unction 558.019.3, until [**10]
percent of his ten-year sentence, as
that sentence begins to run . MDOC contends, until a prisoner dies, a life sentence is
not completed, thus his second sentence will never begin.
We will not interpret section 558.019 to permit an unreasonable result. See Carroll v._
Mn. Bd. of Prob. & Parole, 111 S.W.3H 654. 658 (Mo.Add. W.D. 20030. As previously
discussed, section 558.019.4(1) clearly establishes that for the purpose of determining
the minimum prison term to be served, a life sentence shall be calculated to be thirty
years
. MDOC's argument that the provision applicable here is that Wolfe's sentences, in
the aggregate, are over seventy-five years and thus should be calculated as seventy
^ five years is nonsensical in light of the clear language of section 558.019.4I3JThe judgment of the c^cuit court is affirmed.
Victor C. Howard, Chief Judge
Breckenridge and Hardwick, JJ., concur.
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FOOTNOTES
6 Atkins, like Major, was charged under the old law. The old law allowed parole after
service of twenty years. Atkins, 303 S.C. at 219, 399 S.E,2d at 763.
Adopting the reasoning of the Atkins' Court, it follows that "^if a_consecutjyeJifeseQtence
could not nullify parole eligibility on a parolable life sentence/then a five-year consecutive
sentence cannot either.
The question now becomes what is HN1°+the efficacy of a consecutive sentence? The answer
is two fold. First, following the guidance of Mims, the time is aggregated and parole eligibility
is calculated on the aggregated sentence. Secondly, jfthe consecutive sentence_is_a_non^
parolable offense then its sentence must be served and credltegTirsTagaThst the aggregated
sentibdiTThis is necessary to give effect to the legislative grant of parole eligibility on the
parole-eligible offense. 7
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argument that this approach is contrary to prior practice was made in part by the
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dissent in Atkins to no avail.
Considering the above discussion, [*17] the meaning of "consecutive" needs further
attention. H/vl3?Because this term is not defined in our code of laws, we must employ the
rules of statutory construction to ascertain and effectuate the intent of the Generd Asserny.
See Hawkins v. Bruno Yacht Sales. Inc., 353 S.C. 31, 39, 577 S.E.2d 202, 207 (—1 ( €
cardinal rule of statutory construction is to ascertain and effectuate the intent of the
legislature."); Hitachi Data Sys. Corp. v. Leatherman, 309 S.C. .174, 178, 420 S.E.2d 843
846X19921 (stating the words of a statute must be given their plain and ordinary meaning
without resorting to subtle or forced construction to limit or expand a statute s operation),
Lee vjrhermal Eng'g Cprp^3 5 2 S,C,_8.L_ .91-92, 572. S,E.2d 298,.3_0lXCL._App,G0_Q2)^^^
("Where a word is not defined in a statute, our appellate courts have looked to the usual
dictionary meaning to supply its meaning.").
H/vi2y«Consecutjve" means sentences run successively and the service of the
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cannot run at the same time as the other sentences. See Black's Law Dictionary 304 (6th ed.
1990) (noting that "consecutive" means successive, succeeding one another in regular order,
to follow in uninterrupted succession); Webster's [*18] Concise Dictionary 150 (2003)
("Following in uninterrupted succession; successive."); see generally R.P.D., Annotation,
When Sentences Imposed by the Same Court Run Concurrently or Consecutively; and
Definiteness of Direction with Respect Thereto, 70 A.L.R. 1511 (1931 & Supp.
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(outlining cases and discussing question of whether sentences on different counts or different
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offenses were intended to be served concurrently or consecutively and whether the sentence
or sentences were sufficiently definite for the purpose intended).
Thus, HN13+a notation that a sentence is "consecutive," for sentencing purposes, does not
necessarily delineate that the particular sentence has to run last. It merely indicates that all
the sentences are to run successively, and not to run at the same time. See Atkins,---------- ----at 219 399 S E 2d at 763 (noting that "for purposes of parole eligibility, consecutive
sentences-should be treated as one general sentence by aggregating the periods imposed in
■^acfT^enteTTce^JTTFiereforerHespTteTITeTacrthatthe weapons.sentence was the last one
imposed and it was denoted as "consecutive" there was no indication that
weapons
sentence was to be the last sentence to [*19] be served. See Tilley,. 334 S.C. at 2B-.29, m:
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