Ark. Code § 16-93-609 : Practice, Procedure, And Courts — Criminal Procedure Generally — Probation And Parole — Parole - Eligibility —93-609 - Effect of more than one conviction for certain felonies - Definition

(a) Any person who commits murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, rape, § 5-14-103, or aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, subsequent to March 24, 1983, and who has previously been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to murder in the first degree, § 5-10-102, rape, § 5-14-103, or aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103, shall not be eligible for release on parole by the Parole Board.
(b)
(1) Any person who commits a violent felony offense or any felony sex offense subsequent to August 13, 2001, and who has previously been found guilty of or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to any violent felony offense or any felony sex offense shall not be eligible for release on parole by the board.
(2) As used in this subsection, "a violent felony offense or any felony sex offense" means those offenses listed in § 5-4-501(d)(2).
(c) A person who commits the offense of possession of firearms by certain persons, § 5-73-103, in which the offense is under § 5-73-103(c)(1), after April 27, 2021, is not eligible for parole.

Ark. Code § 16-93-609

Amended by Act 2021, No. 946,§ 1, eff. 4/27/2021.
Acts 1983, No. 772, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 43-2807.1; Acts 2001, No. 1805, § 1.