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

No. 24937.

335 S.C. 52 (1999)

515 S.E.2d 761

John Tyler THOMPSON, Respondent, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided April 19, 1999.

Rehearing Denied May 27, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Todd, Senior Assistant General Counsel, and Frank L. Valenta, Jr., General Counsel, both of South Carolina Department of Public Safety, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Robert C. Childs, III, of Mitchell, Bouton, Duggan, Yokel & Childs, of Greenville, for respondent.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

This is an action to construe the mandatory driver's license suspension portion of the felony driving under the influence (felony DUI) statute, S.C.Code Ann. § 56-5-2945 (Supp.1998). The Court of Appeals held the statutory three year suspension period following "any term of imprisonment" commenced when respondent was released from prison and began serving his probationary sentence, and that where, as here, a defendant has multiple felony...

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