Jenkins v. Kelley (Majority)
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The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant's appeal from the denial of his petition for writ of mandamus/prohibition, holding that Appellant filed his petition in the wrong county.
A Phillips County jury convicted Appellant of sexual assault in he first degree. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant later filed this petition in Phillips County for writ of mandamus/prohibition, alleging that Appellees miscalculated his parole eligibility by requiring that he serve 100 percent of his sentence pursuant to Ark. Code Ann. 16-93-609(b)(1). The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that, where neither the director nor keeper of the records of the Arkansas Department of Correction was located in Phillips County, Appellant was not entitled to relief in the Phillips County Circuit Court.
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