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WILLIAMS v. PUCKETT

No. 91-KP-1144.

624 So.2d 496 (1993)

Danny L. WILLIAMS v. Steve W. PUCKETT, Superintendent, Mississippi Department of Corrections; Christine Houston, Director of Records, Mississippi Department of Corrections; and State of Mississippi.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

September 23, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Danny L. Williams, pro se.

Michael C. Moore, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Maris, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

Before HAWKINS, C.J., and PITTMAN and BANKS, JJ.

BANKS, Justice, for the court:

Here we are asked to examine our statutory scheme in relation to parole eligibility, "earned time",1 consecutive sentences and mandatory sentences and find that the Department of Corrections is in error in calculating both the date of eligibility for parole and the date of presumptive release for Williams based on earned time commutation. Williams' contentions find some support in the plain language of the...

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