Aguilar v. Lester (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseCarlos Aguilar pled guilty to second-degree murder and residential burglary and was sentenced to consecutive terms totaling thirty years' imprisonment. Subsequently, Aguilar filed a petition for declaratory judgment and writ of mandamus, seeking to compel the department of corrections to recompute his parole eligibility date. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding Aguilar failed to show he was entitled to declaratory judgment or a writ of mandamus where (1) Aguilar did not show the circuit court abused its discretion by failing to hold a hearing after Aguilar filed his petition, and (2) Aguilar's classification as a second-time violent offender for purposes of parole eligibility did not violate the Ex Post Facto clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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