William L. Andrews v. Dexter Payne

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Andrews’s petitions for declaratory judgment and mandamus because the pleaded facts did not establish that the ADC unlawfully calculated his sentence or acted beyond its authority. The court held that time spent absent from his residence or in mental-health facilities was not time served under the applicable statute, and that the ADC had discretion regarding credit for the period between the parole warrant and arrest. Andrews’s challenge to whether he violated parole conditions was an impermissible direct attack on the underlying revocation in this proceeding.