State v. Goracke

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• concluding that the prisoner mailbox rule applies to petitions for review
• stating that pursuant to the prisoner mailbox rule, a pro se prisoner is deemed to have filed a properly addressed pleading at the time it is delivered to the proper prison authorities for filing
• noting the State argued that the record did not clearly show the filing had been submitted to prison authorities by the deadline
• disagreeing with Alire and imposing Blakely’s requirements on all aggravating factors, regardless of absence of any mitigating factors
• applying prison mailbox rule where mailing certificate asserted “I have placed this Petition for Review in the institutional mail at Menard 24 Correctional Center”
• rejecting state’s contention that “a sole valid factor under Blakely opens the door and allows a court without a jury to consider any other factors that do not fit within Blakely’s confines”

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