Charles R. Sims v. Dexter Payne

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Sims’s petitions for declaratory judgment and a writ of mandamus because the parole statutes in effect when he committed his offenses rendered him ineligible for parole. The court rejected his arguments that the statute required two prior violent offenses and that the parole statute had to appear in his judgment and commitment order. The court also held that his default-judgment argument was waived because he did not obtain a ruling on the motion in the circuit court.