DAVIS v. S.C. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY

No. 2740.

328 S.C. 578 (1997)

493 S.E.2d 871

Jackie Franklin DAVIS, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 21, 1997.

Rehearing Denied December 17, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank L. Valenta, Jr., General Counsel, and Patrick M. Teague, Associate General Counsel, both of the South Carolina Department of Public Safety, Columbia, for appellant.

William H. Nicholson, III, of Nicholson & Anderson, Greenwood, for respondent.


STILWELL, Judge:

The South Carolina Department of Public Safety (Department) appeals from a circuit court order which determined that the plain meaning of the phrase "term of imprisonment" as used in the felony DUI statute1 denotes "actual duration of the offender's incarceration."2 Department also appeals the trial court's ruling that multiple convictions arising out of a single violation (such as when more...

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