Legal Opinion

Opinion No.

Arkansas Attorney General Reports

Decided September 8, 2006Published

1Opinion of the Court

The Honorable Terry Smith State Senator 101 Hal Court Hot Springs, Arkansas 71901-7770

Dear Senator Smith:

I am writing in response to your request for an opinion on the following:

Act 1034 of 2005 amended Arkansas Code § 16-93-611 to make certain persons prospectively eligible for an award of meritorious good time under the seventy-percent (70%) rule. The pertinent provisions of § 16-93-611, as amended by Act 1034, provide as follows:(3)(A)(i) For offenses committed on or after August 12, 2005, the seventy-percent provision under subdivision (a)(1) of this section shall include credit for the…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Weaver v. GrahamSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  2. Forrest City MacHine Works, Inc. v. Aderhold Ex Rel. Cross County BankSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1981
  3. Bosnick v. LockhartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1984
  4. Boles v. HuckabeeSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2000
  5. Ellis v. NorrisSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1998

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