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IN RE JORDAN

Docket No. S025000.

4 Cal.4th 116 (1992)

840 P.2d 983

13 Cal. Rptr.2d 878

In re GARY WALTER JORDAN on Habeas Corpus.

Supreme Court of California.

December 7, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Quin Denvir, under appointment by the Supreme Court, for Petitioner.

Daniel E. Lungren, Attorney General, George Williamson, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Gary W. Schons, Assistant Attorney General, David I. Friedenberg and Robert M. Foster, Deputy Attorneys General, for Respondent.

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 of Court.1 (See People v. Lepe (1987)

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