Carroll v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
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Appellant entered a plea of guilty to rape and was sentenced as a habitual offender to 720 months’ imprisonment. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for declaratory judgment and for writ of mandamus against the Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), arguing that the Director denied him due process of law by applying Ark. Code Ann. 16-93-611 and 5-4-501(c) to his case. The circuit court dismissed the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant did not demonstrate that both the statutory provisions requiring him to be fifty-five years of age and also to have served seventy percent of his sentence should not have been applied to his parole or transfer eligibility, or that he was entitled to any relief by means of a declaratory judgment or writ of mandamus.
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