Dowell v. State

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

A good many jurisdictions employ the "prison mailbox rule" to determine whether court filings made by prisoners are timely. Indiana has regularly used this approach as respects filings governed by its appellate rules, recognizing the unique position of pro se prisoners, though we apparently have never expressly adopted the prison mailbox rule. We do so today, still obliging the litigant provide reasonable, legitimate, and verifiable documentation. - Appellant Regunal Dowell's timing problem, however, does not center on a tardy filing under the appellate rules but rather…