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PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneralandReporterandAbigailTurner,AssistantAttorneyGeneral,   forRespondentAppellee,TennesseeDepartmentofCorrections. !  @55' OPINION  N% $  XuXXX      ` Rodgers,hasbeenincarceratedsince1975andfiledadeclaratoryjudgmentaction )V$( seekingstatutorycreditsagainsthissentences,whicharetwoconsecutivelifesentencesfor )B%) armedrobberywithadeadlyweapon,andseconddegreemurder. *.&*    ` TheTrialJudgegrantedsummaryjudgmenttotheState,andpetitionerhas ,(, appealed. -(-' _ԇ   ` Whenreviewingagrantofsummaryjudgment,wearerequiredtotakethe  strongestlegitimateviewoftheevidenceinfavorofthenonmovingparty,allowallreasonable  inferencesinfavorofthatparty,anddiscardallcountervailingevidence.Byrdv.Hall,847  S.W.2d208(Tenn.1993).Summaryjudgmentisonlyproperwheretherearenogenuineissues t ofmaterialfactandthemovingpartyisentitledtojudgmentasamatteroflaw.Shadrickv. ` Coker,963S.W.2d726(Tenn.1998). L     ` AtthetimeofRodgersoffense(1975),thefollowingstatutewasineffect: $ t 8  0`   [A]nypersonwhoshallhavebeenconvictedandsentencedtoatermof  L  sixtyfive(65)yearsormore,orlife,maybecomeeligibleforparole  8  providedsuchpersonshallhavebeenconfinedorservedaterminthestate $  penitentiaryofnotlessthanthirty(30)fullcalendaryears.... ` `  Tenn.CodeAnn.403613(1975Replacement).      ` ThisstatuteandtheSupremeCourtslaterdecisioninSlaglev.Reynolds,845 p S.W.2d167(Tenn.1992),establishedthattheearliestpossibleparoledatewouldhavebeen \ 2005. H      ` Rodgersarguesthatheshouldhavebeenawardedhonorandgoodtimecreditsto  p reducehisparoleeligibilitydate,pursuanttoTenn.CodeAnn.41332and41334,which  \ wereineffectatthetimeofhisoffenses.Wefindthisargumenttobewithoutmeritbecause H goodandhonortimecreditsdonotaffectaprisonersparoleeligibilitydate,butratheraffect 4 onlyaprisonersultimatereleasedate.McFaddenv.State,532S.W.2d944(Tenn.Crim.App.   1975);Howellv.State,569S.W.2d428(Tenn.1978).        ` In1985,theSentenceReformActwaspassedwhichestablishedcertainPrisoner  SentenceReductionCredits,andanypersonwhohadbeenpreviouslyconvictedofafelonycould  optintothissystemofcreditsbysigningawaiver.Tenn.CodeAnn.4121236.Rodgers l executedsuchawaiverinApril1986,andsincethattime,hehasbeenreceivingcreditstoward X  hisparoleeligibilitydate,suchthatthatdatewasreducedfrom2005to1999. D!    ` Rodgersassertsthathecouldhaveearnedmorecreditsandbeenparoledmore #l! quicklyunderTenn.CodeAnn.4121229 #  1      ׀thanunderTenn.CodeAnn.4121236. $X" However,Tenn.CodeAnn.4121229statedthatthecreditsallowedthereunderweretobe $D # appliedthesamewayasgoodandhonortimecreditswereappliedpreviously.Accordingly,the %0!$ statutewouldnotgiveRodgersanycreditstowardhisparoleeligibility. &"%      ` Finally,RodgersassertsthatheisentitledtomandatoryparolepursuanttoTenn. (#' CodeAnn.403614,whichstated: )$( Ї0  8` (#(#EveryprisonerwhohasneverbeengrantedaparolebytheBoardona  particularsentenceofimprisonmentshallbemandatorilyreleasedtoand  underthesupervisionofthedivisionofprobationandparolessubjectto  thefollowingrestrictions:t` `    ... L    8  0`    ` `  0  0` (#(#2.Prisonersservingsentenceswithmaximumtermsofoverten(10)yearsshall $ t bereleasedsix(6)monthspriortothecompletionofthemaximumtermof  ` sentencelessallcreditsgrantedbylaw. L ` (#` (#    ... $    8  0`   4. Saidmandatoryparoleshallnotbeconstruedtograntparole   earlierthansetforthin403612!403616. (Emphasisadded.) ` `     ` Sincepetitionerisservingtwoconsecutivelifesentencesforseconddegree x murderandarmedrobberywithadeadlyweapon,thisstatutedoesnotgrantmandatoryparoleto d plaintiff,priortohisservingthetimerequiredbyTenn.CodeAnn.403613. P    ` WeaffirmthejudgmentoftheTrialCourt,withcostsassessedtoappellant. (x #XXXXu#   `     h     ____________________________ 4    `     h     HerschelPickensFranks,J. $