Superior Court of Pennsylvania September 8, 1998 (Commonwealth v. Little)

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BECK, Judge:

In this appeal we hold that “prisoner mailbox rule” is applicable to petitions under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546 (PCRA). The prisoner mailbox rule provides that the date of delivery of the PCRA petition by the defendant to the proper prison authority or to a prison mailbox is considered the date of filing the petition.