Case Name: Isaiah BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-01-28
Citations: 891 So. 2d 642
Docket Number: No. 5D04-4144
Parties: Isaiah BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: SHARP, W., GRIFFIN and PALMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 891
Pages: 642–642

Head Matter:
Isaiah BROWN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D04-4144.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Jan. 28, 2005.
Isaiah Brown, Crawfordville, pro se.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Isaiah Brown has filed a petition seeking a belated appeal alleging that he requested his trial counsel to file an appeal on his behalf, but one was never filed. In its response, the Attorney General relates that it contacted Brown's trial eoúnsel, who confirmed that he did not file a notice of appeal. The Attorney General candidly acknowledges that under Florida case law it is of no moment whether an. appeal would be meritorious or frivolous and, therefore, Brown is entitled to receive a belated appeal. See State v. Trowell, 739 So.2d 77 (Fla.1999). Accordingly, we grant Brown's petition for a belated appeal.
PETITION GRANTED.
SHARP, W., GRIFFIN and PALMER, JJ., concur.