Ex Parte Hall

OPINION

in which McCORMICK, P. J., and MEYERS, KELLER, PRICE, HOLLAND, and JOHNSON, J.J., joined.

This case calls upon us to decide the proper application of the statute which controls an inmate’s eligibility for mandatory supervision. The statute specifies that inmates with prior convictions for certain offenses are ineligible for mandatory supervision. But the list of offenses has changed over time. Is an inmate’s eligibility for mandatory supervision determined by whether his prior conviction is on the list as it existed at the time he committed his current offense, or whether it was on the…