Riley v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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5 federal appellate · 6 state decisions

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1. “Massaline , however, by its explicit terms applies only in the narrow context of habeas corpus appeals to permit a pro se prisoner’s notice of appeal to be deemed filed on the date delivered to prison authorities. Georgia’s prison mailbox rule mitigates “the considerable challenges presented to a pro se prisoner’s ability to pursue his constitutional right to habeas corpus . . . and limits the remedial nature of the rule to solely address “the unique circumstances faced by pro se prisoners who bring their habeas corpus petitions to this Court.” [Cit.]”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Roberts v. Cooper