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16-93-702. Procedures — Required recommendations.
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16-93-702. Procedures — Required recommendations.
(a) Before the Parole Board shall grant any parole, the board shall solicit the written or oral recommendations of the committing court, the prosecuting attorney, and the county sheriff of the county from which the inmate was committed.
(b) If the person whose parole is being considered by the board was convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or of a Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony, or any violent or sexual offense, the board shall also notify the victim of the crime, or the victim's next of kin, of the parole hearing and shall solicit written or oral recommendations of the victim or the victim's next of kin regarding the granting of the parole, unless the prosecuting attorney has notified the board at the time of commitment of the prisoner that the victim or the victim's next of kin does not want to be notified of future parole hearings.
(c) The board shall retain a copy of the recommendations in the board's file.
(d) The recommendations shall not be binding upon the board in the granting of any parole but shall be maintained in a file that shall be open to the public during reasonable business hours.
(e) When soliciting recommendations from a victim of a crime, the board shall notify the victim or the victim's next of kin of the date, time, and place of the parole hearing.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 16-93-702
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16-93-702. Procedures — Required recommendations.
(a) Before the Parole Board shall grant any parole, the board shall solicit the written or oral recommendations of the committing court, the prosecuting attorney, and the county sheriff of the county from which the inmate was committed.
(b) If the person whose parole is being considered by the board was convicted of capital murder, § 5-10-101, or of a Class Y felony, Class A felony, or Class B felony, or any violent or sexual offense, the board shall also notify the victim of the crime, or the victim's next of kin, of the parole hearing and shall solicit written or oral recommendations of the victim or the victim's next of kin regarding the granting of the parole, unless the prosecuting attorney has notified the board at the time of commitment of the prisoner that the victim or the victim's next of kin does not want to be notified of future parole hearings.
(c) The board shall retain a copy of the recommendations in the board's file.
(d) The recommendations shall not be binding upon the board in the granting of any parole but shall be maintained in a file that shall be open to the public during reasonable business hours.
(e) When soliciting recommendations from a victim of a crime, the board shall notify the victim or the victim's next of kin of the date, time, and place of the parole hearing.
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5-10-101. Capital murder.
(a) A person commits capital murder if:
(1) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:
(A) The person commits or attempts to commit:
(i) Terrorism, as defined in § 5-54-205;
(ii) Rape, § 5-14-103;
(iii) Kidnapping, § 5-11-102;
(iv) Vehicular piracy, § 5-11-105;
(v) Robbery, § 5-12-102;
(vi) Aggravated robbery, § 5-12-103;
(vii) Residential burglary, § 5-39-201(a);
(viii) Commercial burglary, § 5-39-201(b);
(ix) Aggravated residential burglary, § 5-39-204;
(x) A felony violation of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, §§ 5-64-101 — 5-64-508, involving an actual delivery of a controlled substance; or
(xi) First degree escape, § 5-54-110; and
(B) In the course of and in furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony, the person or an accomplice causes the death of a person under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life;
(2) Acting alone or with one (1) or more other persons:
(A) The person commits or attempts to commit arson, § 5-38-301; and
(B) In the course of and in furtherance of the felony or in immediate flight from the felony, the person or an accomplice causes the death of any person;
(3) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of any law enforcement officer, jailer, prison official, firefighter, judge or other court official, probation officer, parole officer, any military personnel, or teacher or school employee, when such person is acting in the line of duty, the person causes the death of any person;
(4) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of another person, the person causes the death of any person;
(5) With the premeditated and deliberated purpose of causing the death of the
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-10-101
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-10-101. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.