Legal Opinion

Morris v. State

Supreme Court of Arkansas

Decided June 4, 1998No. CR 96-1190PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

The appellant, Herman Morris, appeals from the Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for a writ of mandamus and declaratory relief. In the petition, Morris argued that the Department of Correction should be ordered to calculate his parole-eligibility date in the same manner as before the issuance of an Attorney General’s Opinion in December of 1993. The Circuit Court, finding that the computation of Morris’s parole-eligibility date after the Attorney General’s opinion was consistent with the law, denied the petition. Morris now appeals that order. We affirm.

Prior to the Attorney General’s…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Abdullah v. LockhartSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  2. Eddie David Cox v. Federal Bureau of Prisons and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
  3. New Jersey State Parole Bd. v. GrayNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1985
  4. Gilmer v. MasseySupreme Court of Arkansas · 1990
  5. People v. PerezColorado Court of Appeals · 1994

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Waller v. KelleySupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  2. Banks v. HobbsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2013
  3. McGhee v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2003
  4. Henry A. Harmon v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2019

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