Legal Opinion
Moore v. Gibson
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided April 4, 2001No. O 2001-30PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANSWERING CERTIFIED QUESTION OF LAW
LILE, Judge:
T1 Bobby R. Baldock, Presiding Judge of a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, has certified a question of law pursuant to the Oklahoma Uniform Certification of Question of Law Act, 20 0.8.8upp.1997, §§ 1601-1611, as follows:
Okla.Stat.Ann. tit. 22 § 1081 authorizes the filing of petitions for post-conviction relief, but does not define what constitutes "filing." Federal procedural law recognizes the "prisoner mailbox rule" whereby prose prisoners' legal pleadings are considered filed when given to…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
- Norris v. Cross, Secretary of StateSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1909
- Covington v. FisherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
- Woody v. State Ex Rel. Department of CorrectionsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
- Adams v. LeMasterCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- Gamble v. CalboneCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2004
- Loftis v. HarvanekCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2016
- United States v. SawyerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 2004
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