Moore v. State

In an order signed August 31, 1984, the Circuit Court of Crawford County denied petitioner Joe Moore’s petition for postconviction relief. On September 4, 1984, the day the order was filed by the circuit court, the court received a letter from petitioner which the court treated as a motion to set aside the order. The court responded with a second order entered September 11, 1984, declining to disturb the first order.

Petitioner now asks for permission to proceed with a belated appeal of the orders on the ground that he did not know that his Rule 37 petition had been denied until he was…