Reynolds v. State

The State asks this court to dismiss the pending appeal of an order denying and dismissing appellant Edward Joseph Reynolds's petition for postconviction relief under Arkansas Rule of Criminal Procedure 37.1 (2017).1 Although the file mark on Reynolds's Rule 37.1 petition appears to indicate that it was not timely filed, Reynolds asserted below that under Rule 37.2(g) of our criminal-procedure rules, his petition should be deemed filed on the date that it was mailed. Because the circuit clerk was required by the Rule to include in the record a copy of the envelope in which the petition was…