Court Opinion

ID: 9774746
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 18:32:30.809285+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:32:15.106474
License: Public Domain

John I. Purtle, Justice, dissenting. I agree with the action taken to amend the rule; however, I strongly disagree with the majority opinion denying petitioner the right of a belated appeal. The majority rely on the particular facts of this case to deny the petition. The fact of this case, it seems to me, is that petitioner waited too long before asking for the appeal. Petitioner had no way of knowing his request had been denied. No notice was sent to him. I have no trouble at all in understanding that an inmate in the department of corrections does not have an opportunity to inspect the courthouse records to find out if his petition has been ruled upon. The workload of our trial courts is so heavy that this type of motion often goes many months before being ruled upon. Whether petitioner is right or wrong he is entitled to have us hear his appeal.