Opinion
Case No. 5D01-1646
Opinion filed August 3, 2001
Petition for Belated Appeal, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.
Robert Wesley, Public Defender, Orlando and Robert Minarcin, Assistant Public Defender, Kissimmee, for Petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.
In this petition for belated appeal, the undisputed factual allegations show that petitioner's appeal rights were frustrated due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Therefore, we grant the petition for belated appeal and this opinion shall be treated as a notice of appeal.
PETITION GRANTED.
COBB, PETERSON, and PALMER, J.J., concur.