Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-09-08 20:47:16.557+00
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Pursuant to Ind. Appellate Rule 65(D), this
Memorandum Decision shall not be
regarded as precedent or cited before any
court except for the purpose of establishing                 Apr 02 2014, 9:46 am
the defense of res judicata, collateral
estoppel, or the law of the case.

ATTORNEY FOR APPELLANT:                              ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE:

LISA TRAYLOR-WOLFF                                   GREGORY F. ZOELLER
Logansport, Indiana                                  Attorney General of Indiana

                                                     KATHY BRADLEY
                                                     Deputy Attorney General
                                                     Indianapolis, Indiana

                               IN THE
                     COURT OF APPEALS OF INDIANA

CHRISTOPHER A. FIELDS,                               )
                                                     )
       Appellant-Petitioner,                         )
                                                     )
               vs.                                   )      No. 66A04-1306-CR-314
                                                     )
STATE OF INDIANA,                                    )
                                                     )
       Appellee-Respondent.                          )

                      APPEAL FROM THE PULASKI CIRCUIT COURT
                        The Honorable Michael Anthony Shurn, Judge
                               Cause No. 66C01-1302-MC-4

                                           April 2, 2014

                MEMORANDUM DECISION - NOT FOR PUBLICATION

CRONE, Judge
        Christopher A. Fields appeals the denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus,

arguing that the trial court erred in concluding that he had received all the class 1 credit time

to which he was entitled. Concluding that there was no error in the class 1 credit time that

Fields received, we affirm.

        On November 22, 2011, Fields was released to parole. On January 14, 2012, Fields

was incarcerated for a parole violation. In August 2012, a parole violation hearing was held,

at which Fields was found to have violated his parole, his parole was revoked, and parole was

reinstated. Appellant’s App. at 33. On September 4, 2012, he was re-released to parole.

        Fields was incarcerated for a parole violation from January 14, 2012, to September 4,

2012, a period of 235 days. The parties do not dispute that Fields was assigned to Class 1

credit time, for which he was entitled to one day of credit time for each day he was

imprisoned. See Ind. Code § 35-50-6-3. Fields contends that he received only 100 days of

class 1 credit time. Appellant’s Br. at 4. We disagree.

        Our review of the Offender Information System Credit Calculation Detail shows the

following. From January 14, 2012, to April 19, 2012, Fields served 96 days and earned class

1 credit time of 96 days. Appellant’s App. at 15. From April 19, 2012, to August 27, 2012,

he served 130 days. Id. He was deprived of 30 days’ credit time, and therefore earned class

1 credit time of 100 days.1 Id. Between August 27, 2012, and September 4, 2012, when

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           Fields does not argue that the 30-day deprivation of his credit time was improper. He asserts that he
received the 30-day deprivation due to his parole violation. The State asserts that it was due to disciplinary
proceedings at the facility in which Fields was housed. We need not resolve this disagreement because it is not
relevant to the issue on appeal.

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Fields was re-released to parole, he served 9 days and earned class 1 credit time of 9 days.

Id. at 16. Therefore, from January 14, 2012 to September 4, 2012, Fields earned class 1

credit time of 205 days (96 + 100 + 9 = 205). Although he was incarcerated for 235 days, he

did not receive class 1 credit for 235 days due to the deprivation of 30 days of class 1 credit

time (235 - 30 = 205). We conclude that Fields received all the class 1 credit time to which

he was entitled. Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s denial of his petition for writ of

habeas corpus.

       Affirmed.

BAKER, J., and NAJAM, J., concur.

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