Edwards v. State

P ER CURIAM.

Appellant pleaded guilty to murder in the first degree and was sentenced to forty years’ imprisonment. Pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-611 (Supp. 1997), appellant would not be eligible for parole until he had served at least seventy percent of his sentence. During the 1999 legislative session, the Arkansas General Assembly amended § 16-93-611 to allow circuit courts the discretion to waive the seventy percent requirement in some cases in which the defendant was a juvenile at the time of the offense. See Ark. Code Ann. § 16-93-611 (Supp. 1999). Appellant filed a petition seeking…