Legal Opinion
In Re Jordan
California Supreme Court
Decided December 7, 1992No. S025000PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
GEORGE, J.
—This case presents the question whether the “prison-delivery” rule remains viable in California. The rule provides that a prisoner’s notice of appeal is deemed timely filed if delivered to prison authorities within the 60-day filing period set forth in rule 31(a) of the California Rules of Court. (See People v. Lepe (1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 1347,1349, fn. 2 [241 Cal.Rptr. 388]; People v. Wychocki (1987) 188 Cal.App.3d 1063, 1065 [233 Cal.Rptr. 830].) A recent Court of Appeal decision has held, however, that the prison-delivery rule no longer is applicable in California, instead…
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