Case Name: Elijah BIVENS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PAROLE & PROBATION COMMISSION, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1984-07-19
Citations: 453 So. 2d 1166
Docket Number: No. AW-251
Parties: Elijah BIVENS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PAROLE & PROBATION COMMISSION, Appellee.
Judges: ERVIN, C.J., and BOOTH, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 453
Pages: 1166–1167

Head Matter:
Elijah BIVENS, Appellant, v. FLORIDA PAROLE & PROBATION COMMISSION, Appellee.
No. AW-251.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
July 19, 1984.
Rehearing Denied Sept. 6, 1984.
Elijah Bivens, pro se.
Doris E. Jenkins, General Counsel, Tallahassee, Fla. Parole and Probation Commission, for appellee.

Opinion:
WENTWORTH, Judge.
This appeal from the denial of a petition for writ of mandamus was initially dismissed as untimely. The stamped date on the notice of appeal was not clearly legible but appeared to indicate a filing date of December 12, 1983. By motion for rehearing appellant correctly asserts that the notice of appeal was filed on December 1, 1983, and was therefore timely. The appeal is accordingly reinstated.
On the merits, we affirm because the record contains evidence that appellant had previously been convicted of four or more felony convictions, at least two of which resulted in incarceration. He was therefore properly classified as a recidivist offender for purposes of formulating his presumptive parole release date. Fla.Admin.Code Rule 23-21.07(1).
Affirmed.
ERVIN, C.J., and BOOTH, J., concur.