Petition of Leaser

Petitioner, Jack Leaser, has filed in this court a petition labeled “Petition for Mandamus.” In this petition he asks that the Pardon and Parole Board be required to review his application for parole. He alleges that they have refused to give consideration or hearing upon his application by reason of the provision of Tit. 57 O.S. 1941 § 332.7, enacted by the Legislature in 1947, and which provides:

“Upon completion of one-third (%) of the sentence of any person confined in a penal institution in the State of Oklahoma such person shall be eligible for consideration for a parole, and it shall be…