Munson v. State

McDEVITT, Chief Justice.

This case involves the consolidation of two separate cases, Munson v. State, Docket No. 21509 and Anderson v. State, Docket No. 21527. Both cases raise as the sole issue on appeal, whether the district court erred in ruling that the mailbox rule does not apply to a pro se inmate’s filing of a petition for post-conviction relief.

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FACTS AND PRIOR PROCEEDINGS

The facts are undisputed in both Munson v. State and Anderson v. State. Both of the appellants, John Dennis Munson and Richard James Anderson, have stipulated that the legislature’s 1993 amendment of I.C. § 19-4902,…