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Dear Mr. Haney:

You have requested an opinion of this office regarding whether persons convicted of armed robbery under LSA-R.S. 14:64 are entitled to parole pursuant to LSA-R.S. 15:574.4(A)(3), despite the specific language of LSA-R.S. 14:64(B) and 15:574.4(B).

LSA-R.S. 14:64(B) states that whoever commits the crime of armed robbery shall be sentenced without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence. However, LSA-R.S. 15: 574.4(A)(3) provides that those committed to the Department of Public Safety and Corrections for a term of thirty years or more with or without the benefit…