POE v. HOUSEWRIGHT

No. 80-191.

610 S.W.2d 577 (1981)

Charles Joseph POE, Appellant, v. Vernon HOUSEWRIGHT, Commissioner, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

January 26, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew T. Horan, Fayetteville, and Carl W. Behner, Winslow, for appellant.

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen. by Jack W. Dickerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HICKMAN, Justice.

The question here is one of statutory construction. The statutes in question relate to eligibility for parole by inmates.

Charles Joseph Poe was convicted of burglary and grand larceny in 1976 and is serving twenty-one years on those charges. He claims that the Department of Correction determined wrongfully that he is not eligible for parole.

He sued the Department of Correction in Jefferson County Circuit Court, seeking a writ of...

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