Fredrick L. Wade v. State of Florida

Summary

The Court granted Wade's mandamus petition and directed the First District to reinstate his appeal from the denial of postconviction relief. It held that a prison legal mail log can establish timely filing under the inmate filing rule when the log records the date the inmate delivered the filing for mailing, even without a prison date stamp. Once Wade produced such evidence, the burden shifted to the State to show that the filing was untimely or otherwise outside the rule. The opinion contains no separate writings.