TANT v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPT. OF CORRECTIONS

No. 4897.

395 S.C. 446 (2011)

718 S.E.2d 753

David Ray TANT, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Decided October 26, 2011.

Rehearing Denied December 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desa Ballard and Harvey M. Watson, III , both of West Columbia; and Douglas Jennings, Jr. , of Bennettsville, for Appellant.

Christopher D. Florian , of Columbia, for Respondent.


FEW, C.J.

David Ray Tant appeals the decision of the South Carolina Department of Corrections to change its interpretation of his sentence from fifteen years to thirty years. SCDC claims it merely corrected the sentence to reflect the sentencing judge's intent. The Administrative Law Court affirmed SCDC's interpretation. We reverse.

Tant pled guilty to assault and battery of a high and aggravated nature (ABHAN), possession of a dangerous animal, and forty...

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