Ex Parte Allen
Supreme Court of Alabama
1Opinion of the Court
We granted this petition for the writ of certiorari to address one issue: Whether our caselaw that has adopted the holding enunciated inHouston v. Lack, 487 U.S. 266 (1988), that a notice of appeal by an incarcerated pro se appellant is considered "filed" when it is given to prison officials and not when it is received by the court clerk (hereinafter generally referred to as "the mailbox rule"), should be extended to include the filing of motions to amend Rule 32, Ala.R.Crim.P., petitions that have no deadline for filing other than that they must be filed before the entry of a final judgment,…
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2Cases cited9 opinions
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1989
- Ex Parte WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1992
- Holland v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 1993
- Allen v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2001
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Ex Parte RhoneSupreme Court of Alabama · 2004
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