the City of Henrietta, Texas v. Lena Faye Smithson

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• holding that a premature post-conviction motion should be considered filed on the date the time for filing arises
• holding that a Rule 29.15 motion is premature if filed before the final mandate in the case, including the entry of sentence
• holding that a prematurely filed post-conviction motion should be held in abeyance
• holding that prematurely filed post-conviction motions should be held in abeyance
• “to file a motion for post-conviction relief, there must be a final judgment subject to collateral attack”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).