Title: Jelks v. State

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

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No. 27223

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAL'T

KENNETH JELKS, Petitioner-Appellant

 

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT a »
(sg P.P- NO. 04=1-0003; CR. NO. 94-0257)

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(gy: Nakayama, J., for the court’)

upon review of the record, it appears that the circuit
court's February 24, 2005 order denying appellant’s HRPP Rule 40
petition for post-conviction relief was appealable by notice of
appeal filed within thirty days after the order was entered. See
HRPP 40(h); HRAP 4(b) (2). The eixcuit court found that appellant
did not tender his notice of appeal to prison authorities at any
tine before March 30, 2008, the date that prison authorities
mailed the notice of appeal. The notice of appeal is deene:
filed on March 30, 2005, thirty-four days after entry of the
February 24, 2005 order and was untimely. Our recognized
exceptions to the requirenent that notices of appeal be tinely
filed do net apply in this case. ‘Thus, we lack jurisdiction over
this appeal. See Grattafior! v. State of Hawai'i, 79 Hawai'i 10,
13, 897 P.26 937, 940 (1995) ("[C]ompliance with the requirement

‘considered by: Moon, C.J, Levinson, Nakayama, Acobs, and Duffy, JJ.

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of the timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional, and
we must dismiss an appeal on our own motion if we lack
jurisdiction.”). Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 9, 2006.

FOR THE COURT:

 

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Associate Justice