Supreme Court of Arkansas

Griffis v. State

August 3, 20172017 Ark. 238

Summary

The court denied Griffis’s motion for permission to pursue a belated appeal from the denial of reconsideration of his postconviction petition. Griffis did not establish good cause for filing his notice of appeal after the applicable thirty-day deadline, and the record contradicted his assertion that he had mailed the notice before the deadline. The court also concluded that the notice did not satisfy the requirements for applying the prison mailbox rule.