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A public hearing to consider the possible parole of Cozzell Berry, #204025

CONTACT:  Russ Marlan, Public Information Officer (517) 373-6391

The Michigan Parole Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, May 11, 2009 to consider the possible parole of Cozzell Berry, #204025.  It will be at 11:00 a.m. at the T-100 Training Center, G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility, Jackson, MI.

Cozzell Berry is serving a Life sentence for the crime of Possession With Intent to Deliver Over 650 Grams of Cocaine.  He was sentenced on December 3, 1992 from Wayne County.

Barbara Sampson, Chairperson of the Michigan Parole Board, will conduct the hearing under the provisions of the Lifer Law, MCLA 791.234.

By Statute, prisoners serving a life sentence under MCL 333.74012A1, must serve 15, 17 1/2 or 20 calendar years, based on predetermined factors, before the parole and commutation board can obtain jurisdiction.