People v. Shunick

Summary

The court held that the incarcerated petitioner’s motion to reconsider was untimely because his certificate of service did not substantially comply with the requirements for invoking the mailbox rule. Because the motion did not toll the deadline for his notice of appeal, the appellate court lacked jurisdiction to reach the merits and also lacked authority to remand for a post hoc correction of the filing defect. The court affirmed the appellate judgment, vacated the circuit court’s order denying reconsideration, dismissed the motion, and overruled the contrary remand approach.