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· 4/13/1998

Busby v. Moore

Citations

  • 498 S.E.2d 883
  • 330 S.C. 201
  • 1998 S.C. LEXIS 55

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  • deciding in PCR actions that inmates are eligible to earn good-time credits when sentence begins to run, but inmates actually earn the credits only after they behave properly
  • deciding in PCR actions that inmates are eligible to earn good-time credits when sentence begins to run, but inmates actually earn the credits only after they behave properly
  • \The Court's primary function in interpreting a statute is to ascertain the intent of the General Assembly.\
  • “The Court’s primary function in interpreting a statute is to ascertain the intent of the General Assembly.”
  • “A statute must receive a practical and reasonable interpretation consonant with the design of the legislature.”

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