Opinion
No. 1D02-1140.
June 17, 2002.
Petition for Belated Appeal — Original Jurisdiction.
Louis O. Frost, Jr., Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, and Ward L. Metzger, Assistant Public Defender, Jacksonville, for petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
The petition for belated appeal is granted. Petitioner shall be allowed a belated appeal from the judgment and sentence rendered on June 27, 2001, in Duval County Circuit Court case number 2001-1960-CF-A. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the circuit court for treatment as the notice of appeal. Fla.R.App.P. 9.141(c)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.
PETITION GRANTED.
BOOTH, PADOVANO and LEWIS, JJ., concur.