Case Name: General Grant BELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1999-10-12
Citations: 741 So. 2d 647
Docket Number: No. 99-1709
Parties: General Grant BELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ERVIN, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 741
Pages: 647–647

Head Matter:
General Grant BELL, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 99-1709.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Oct. 12, 1999.
General Grant Bell, pro se, petitioner.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Sherri Tolar Rollison, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
General Grant Bell petitions for a belated appeal, asserting that his trial counsel did not file a notice of appeal when Bell timely requested that counsel do so. The State does not oppose the petition and accordingly it is granted. Petitioner is granted a belated appeal from judgment and sentence in case number 97-123 CF in Washington County. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of the opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the lower tribunal for treatment as a notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.140(j)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.
ERVIN, MINER and KAHN, JJ., concur.