California Supreme Court December 7, 1992, S025000 (In Re Jordan)

Opinion

GEORGE, J.

—This case presents the question whether the “prison-delivery” rule remains viable in California. The rule provides that a prisoner’s notice of appeal is deemed timely filed if delivered to prison authorities within the 60-day filing period set forth in rule 31(a) of the California Rules

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of Court.

1

(See

People

v.

Lepe

(1987) 195 Cal.App.3d 1347,1349, fn. 2 [241 Cal.Rptr.