Opinion ID: 2540243
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Text: While incarcerated in different penal systems, Appellants, Joe Jones and Michael Hallum, each filed an RCr 11.42 motion for post-conviction relief. Following denial of these motions by the trial court, each Appellant, pro se, [2] filed a notice of appeal along with a motion to proceed in forma pauperis. The Court of Appeals dismissed both appeals due to each Appellant's respective failure to file the motion to proceed in forma pauperis within the mandatory 30-day time period. RCr 12.04(3) ([t]he time within which an appeal may be taken shall be thirty (30) days after the date of entry of the judgment or order from which it is taken.). [3] Jones placed his pro se notice of appeal and motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the prison mail system on March 15, three days prior to the 30-day deadline. [4] However, the motion was not filed, nor was the notice marked tendered, until March 19one day outside the 30-day deadline. Hallum placed his pro se notice of appeal and motion to proceed in forma pauperis in the prison mail system on November 2, three days prior to the 30-day deadline. [5] However, the motion was filed and the notice marked tendered on November 13eight days after the deadline. We granted each Appellant's petition for discretionary review, consolidated the cases, and now reverse the Court of Appeals' decisions.