Mississippi Department of Corrections v. Cook
Annotate this CaseThe Circuit Court of Sunflower County directed the Mississippi Department of Corrections to issue Benjamin Cook (pro se) a parole case plan under Mississippi Code Section 47-7-3.1(1), which went into effect on July 1, 2014. The Department of Corrections appealed, arguing that Cook was not entitled to a parole case plan because he was convicted and sentenced prior to July 1, 2014. The sole issue on appeal was whether Cook was entitled to a parole case plan under Section 47-7-3.1(1). Because the Supreme Court held in “Fisher v. Drankus,” (204 So. 3d 1232 (Miss. 2016)) that a parole-eligible inmate convicted and sentenced prior to July 1, 2014 was not entitled to receive a parole case plan under Section 47-7-3.1(1), the decision to issue the parole case plan was reversed and the matter remanded for further proceedings.
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