Florida District Courts of Appeal, 1999

Woodard v. Moore

Woodard v. Moore
Florida District Courts of Appeal · Decided December 21, 1999 · Booth, Kahn, Miner
745 So. 2d 1143; 1999 Fla. App. LEXIS 16949; 1999 WL 1215629 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

Woodard v. Moore

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

Autumn Shere Woodard seeks a belated appeal from a judgment and sentence entered in July 1995. According to Woodard, her trial attorney did not honor a timely request that an appeal be filed. The state opposes the petition, arguing that it is time barred. We disagree. See Edwards v. State, 745 So.2d 1060 (Fla. 1st DCA 1999).

The respondent’s opposition to the petition is limited to its timeliness argument and we find accordingly that petitioner is entitled to the belated appeal she seeks. Schubert v. State, 737 So.2d 1102 (Fla. 1st DCA 1998). The petition for belated appeal from judgment and sentence in Duval County case number 95-5221-CF-A is granted. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the lower tribunal for treatment as a notice of appeal. Fla. RApp. P. 9.140(j)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial *1144court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.

BOOTH, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.

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