LOVETTE v. NC. DEPT. OF CORRECTION

No. COA11-1081.

731 S.E.2d 206 (2012)

Clyde Vernon LOVETTE, Petitioner, v. The NORTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTION, Alvin Keller in his capacity as Secretary of Correction, and Rudy Foster in his capacity as Administrator of Dan River Prison Work Farm, Respondents. Charles Lynch, Petitioner, v. The North Carolina Department of Correction, Alvin Keller in his capacity as Secretary of Correction, and Tim Kerley in his capacity as Administrator of Catawba Correctional Center, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of North Carolina.

August 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sarah Jessica Farber , Vernetta Alston , and Mary S. Pollard for petitioners-appellees.

Roy A. Cooper , Attorney General, by Special Deputy Attorney General Thomas J. Pitman and Assistant Attorney General Elizabeth F. Parson , for respondents-appellants.


BRYANT, Judge.

Where the trial court held that petitioners had fully served their life sentences after credits had been applied to their unconditional release dates, we affirm the trial court's order.

Facts and Procedural History

Clyde Vernon Lovette and Charles Lynch (petitioners) were both inmates of the North Carolina Department of Correction (hereinafter "DOC") system, serving sentences of life imprisonment. On 15 October 2010, petitioners...

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