Opinion
Case No. 1D03-1255.
Opinion filed June 18, 2003.
Petition Seeking Belated Appeal — Original Jurisdiction.
Laduan M. Rease, pro se, petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
Petitioner's request for a belated appeal from judgment and sentence in Escambia County Circuit Court case number 01-1790-CFA is granted. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the circuit court, to be treated as a notice of appeal. Fla.R.App.P. 9.141(c)(5)(D).
The trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal, if petitioner qualifies for such an appointment.
ERVIN, KAHN and HAWKES, JJ., concur.