Gardner v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseIn 2003, Appellant pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to 480 months' imprisonment. In 2012, Appellant filed a pro se complaint for declaratory judgment and petition for writ of mandamus against the Arkansas Department of Correction (ADC) director and records supervisor, contending that he should not be required by Ark. Code Ann. 16-93-611 to serve seventy percent of his sentence before being eligible for parole or transfer because the statute was unconstitutional and conflicted with other state statutes. The circuit court denied the complaint and petition. The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal and declared the motion related to the appeal moot, holding that Appellant failed to state a basis for declaratory judgment, and without establishing a right to declaratory judgment, Appellant provided no basis for a writ of mandamus to issue.
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