Legal Opinion
Rogers v. Knight
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided October 5, 2017No. CV-16-834PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtRhonda K. Wood, Associate Justice
| Harold Eugene Rogers, appearing pro se, appeals the dismissal of his petition for declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus. Rogers’s petition alleged that Knight, as records supervisor for the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC), miscalculated Rogers’s parole eligibility. The circuit court dismissed the petition with prejudice because Rogers was parole eligible and he had a parole hearing; therefore, no justiciable controversy existed. We affirm.
In 1973, a Sebastian County jury convicted Rogers of rape and sentenced him to life imprisonment. In 1980, Rogers was convicted of a second…
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