Willis Ward Johnson, Appellant v. State of Arkansas, Appellee

Summary

The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the denial of Johnson's motion seeking waiver of the seventy-percent parole restriction applicable to his murder sentence. The court held that the motion was an untimely collateral attack governed by postconviction time limits and that the sentencing-correction statute independently provided no timely basis for relief. The court also held that the statutory waiver provision could not be applied retroactively to Johnson's sentence.