Legal Opinion
Woody v. State Ex Rel. Department of Corrections
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided March 31, 1992No. 78405PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KAUGER, Justice.
The issue presented is whether delivery of a petition in error by a pro se prisoner to prison officials for mailing to the Clerk of the Supreme Court is timely under 12 O.S. 1991 § 990A. We find that under the facts presented here that the petition in error was timely filed. 1
FACTS
On September 3, 1991, Carl J. Woody, a pro se prisoner filed a petition for a writ of mandamus asking the trial court to direct the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to reverse and expunge the disciplinary proceedings against him. On September 6, 1991, the trial court dismissed the petition, and…
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