Brown v. Lockhart

Robert H. Dudley, Justice.

The appellee in this case is A.L. Lockhart, Director of the Arkansas Department of Correction. Appellant, Johnny Charles Brown, is an inmate in the Department of Correction. Appellant sought a declaratory judgment stating that appellee had erroneously applied Act 93 of 1977 in determining his parole eligibility date. Appellant also sought a writ of mandamus ordering appellee to make him eligible for parole after serving one-third (Í/3) of his sentence. The lower court denied the relief sought by appellant. We affirm.

Appellant was arrested and charged with the…