Byrd v. Bradley

*183 OPINION

CANTRELL, Judge.

James W. Byrd, an inmate in the Tennessee correctional system, appeals the Chancery Court’s dismissal of his Petition for a Declaratory Judgment that the Tennessee Department of Correction erred in calculating his parole eligibility date. We affirm the chancery court.

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Working from the rather limited record in this case, we learn the following: James W. Byrd was convicted by the Criminal Court of Knox County of simple kidnapping, attempt to commit a burglary and second degree murder. On April 1, 1976, he was given a life sentence on the murder conviction, two years for…