Case Name: Ronald ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 1996-06-25
Citations: 924 S.W.2d 322
Docket Number: No. 69501
Parties: Ronald ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
Judges: REINHARD, P.J. and GRIMM, J., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Second Series
Volume: 924
Pages: 322–323

Head Matter:
Ronald ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. STATE of Missouri, Respondent.
No. 69501.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division One.
June 25, 1996.
Dave Hemingway, Asst. Public Defender, St. Louis, for appellant.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., Fernando Bermudez, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Opinion:
KAROHL, Judge.
Movant appeals dismissal of his Rule 24.035 motion as untimely filed.
The facts and the basis for our ruling are incorporated in the State's responsive brief:
Rule 24.035(b) requires that a defendant's pro se motion "be filed within ninety-days of the date the [defendant] is delivered to the custody of the department of corrections." In this case, appellant was delivered to the department on January 30, 1995. (L.F. 20). Ninety days from January 30 was Sunday, April 30, 1995. If the due date for a response falls on a weekend or holiday, "the period runs until the end of the next day which is neither a Saturday, Sunday nor a legal holiday." (Rule 44.01). The due date for appellant's pro se motion, therefore, was May 1, 1995. Appellant filed his motion on May 1, 1995. (L.F. 1, 3). Because appellant's motion was timely, the motion court erred in dismissing it.
We reverse and remand.
REINHARD, P.J. and GRIMM, J., concur.