SPENCER v. STATE

1150683

224 So.3d 200 (2016)

Ex parte Joe Louis Spencer (In re Joe Louis SPENCER v. STATE of Alabama)

Supreme Court of Alabama.

September 16, 2016


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe Louis Spencer, pro se.

Luther Strange , atty. gen., and Andrew L. Brasher , deputy atty. gen., and Andy Scott Poole , asst. atty. gen., for respondent.


We granted this petition for a writ of certiorari to address whether the "prisonmailbox rule" applies to a motion for sentence reconsideration under Ala. Code 1975, § 13A-5-9.1, once the repeal of the statute effectively placed a time limitation on such motions. We determine that the prison-mailbox rule does apply, and we...

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