Taylor, Henry Earl

OPINION

MEYERS, PRICE, JOHNSON, HERVEY, and COCHRAN, JJ.,

joined.

Is a pro se, incarcerated defendant’s notice of appeal timely filed when it is mailed to the court of appeals on or before the filing deadline; forwarded by that court to the proper trial-court clerk; and received in the trial court within the ten days permitted under the mailbox rule? Arguing that the answer to this question is “yes,” Henry Earl Taylor, appellant, contends in his sole ground for review that the court of appeals erred by dismissing his appeal for lack of jurisdiction on the basis that his notice of appeal, which…