Legal Opinion

Baker v. State

Indiana Court of Appeals

Decided March 30, 1987No. 3-985A237PSPublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HOFFMAN, Judge.

Steven Baker brings this appeal from the Allen County Superior Court's denial of his motion to correct errors filed following that court's denial of his petitions for post-conviction relief. Baker alleges that the trial court's finding that his motion to correct errors was not timely filed was in error.

The record shows that Baker, a pro se litigant who was at the time of the filing incarcerated at Westville Correctional Center, placed his motion to correct errors in the institutional mail pouch at the Westville Center's law library on February 8, 1985. The motion was mailed via…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Donald Lee Childs v. Jack Duckworth, Sally Wenzel, and Robert BronnenbergCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  2. Rader v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1979
  3. Seastrom, Inc. v. Amick Construction Co., Inc.Indiana Court of Appeals · 1974
  4. Sekerez v. GehringIndiana Court of Appeals · 1981

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Dowell v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
  2. Hatcher v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1987
  3. Dowell v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009
  4. Lawrence v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 2009

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