Opinion
No. 1D07-0887.
May 21, 2007.
Petition for Belated Appeal — Original Jurisdiction.
Jack Behr, Public Defender, and Isaac Bruce Koran, Assistant Public Defender, Pensacola, for Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
The petition for belated appeal is granted. Petitioner is hereby afforded a belated appeal from judgment and sentence in case number 2003CF005856-A in the Circuit Court for Escambia County. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion will be provided to the clerk of the circuit court, with directions that it be treated as a notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D).
The circuit court is directed to appoint counsel to represent petitioner in the appeal, if she qualifies for such an appointment.
PETITION GRANTED.
BROWNING, C.J., POLSTON and HAWKES, JJ., concur.