Supreme Court of Arkansas

Romario v. Waller, Appellant v. Wendy Kelley

June 9, 20162016 Ark. LEXIS 211

Summary

The court held that Waller was not entitled to have his parole-eligibility date calculated from the presumptive sentence because his longer sentence resulted from a negotiated guilty plea. It nevertheless held that his petition stated a cognizable claim and therefore should not have been counted as a statutory strike. The court affirmed the denial of substantive relief but reversed the strike determination.