Mose v. State

CHIEF JUSTICE BEATTY:

We granted certiorari to review the dismissal of Renwick Mose’s application for Post-Conviction Relief (PCR). Mose contends that, although the Clerk of Court formally stamped his application as “filed” three days after the statute of limitations period ended, he complied with the one-year statute of limitations because he delivered his application to prison authorities for mailing within one year of the date of his conviction.1 Mose now seeks reversal of the PCR judge’s ruling so that he may receive a PCR hearing on the merits of his application. We reverse and remand.

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