PER CURIAM.
Appellant pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to forty years' imprisonment. Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-611 (Supp.1997), appellant would not be eligible for parole until he had served at least seventy percent of his sentence. During the 1999 legislative session, the Arkansas General Assembly amended § 16-93-611 to allow circuit courts the discretion to waive the seventy percent requirement in some cases in which...
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