Opinion
No. 98-2747
Opinion filed February 3, 1999
A Case of Original Jurisdiction, L.T. No. 93-8747.
Roy L. Bowden, in proper person.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Terri Leon-Benner, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
Before NESBITT, GODERICH and SHEVIN, JJ.
Roy L. Bowden seeks a writ of habeas corpus. We treat the petition as a petition for belated appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(j) and grant the petition. Bowden was not informed of his right to file a notice of appeal within thirty days of rendition, and he is therefore entitled to a belated appeal. See Williams v. Singletary, Case No. 98-2289 (Fla. 3d DCA Jan. 13, 1999). Accordingly, we grant the petition.
Petition granted.