782 So. 2d 848 - Carpenter v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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20 state decisions

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1. “"`[A]bsent the payment of a filing fee [required by § 12-19-70 , Ala. Code *Page 765 1975,] or the granting of a request to proceed in forma pauperis the trial court fails to obtain subject matter jurisdiction to consider a postconviction petition.' 782 So.2d 848 , 849 (Ala.Crim.App. 2000) (citing Goldsmith v. State , 709 So.2d 1352 , 1352-53 (Ala.Crim.App. 1997))."”

   4 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. State v. Holley · 885 So. 2d 841 - Madden v. State

2. “"Section 12-19-70 provides that a filing fee shall be collected at the time a complaint or a postconviction petition is filed, unless a verified statement of substantial hardship is approved, in which event the docket fee may initially be waived and then taxed as costs at the *Page 537 conclusion of the case. A trial court does not obtain jurisdiction of an action until either a filing fee is paid or the fee is properly waived according to § 12-19-70 ."”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 807 So. 2d 534 - Ex Parte Carter

3. “Because the trial court's actions were void, there is no judgment to support an appeal.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Hamilton v. State