Case Name: Carl MILLS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-04-05
Citations: 924 So. 2d 942
Docket Number: No. 1D05-5725
Parties: Carl MILLS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ERVIN, PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 924
Pages: 942–943

Head Matter:
Carl MILLS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D05-5725.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 5, 2006.
Carl Mills, pro se, petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Bryan Jordan, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner's direct appeal was dismissed when no response was received to an order requiring payment of the filing fee and completion of a docketing statement. We grant the petition for belated appeal and hereby reinstate the appeal in case number 1D05-0386. See Hardy v. State, 822 So.2d 553 (Fla. 1st DCA 2002) (holding that appellate counsel's failure to file a docketing statement and respond to this court's order to pay the filing fee constituted ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and granting a petition for belated appeal). Pugh v. State, 793 So.2d 1100 (Fla. 1st DCA 2001). Jurisdiction in that proceeding is relinquished to the trial court for a period of 30 days with directions to consider the appointment of the Public Defender if petitioner so qualifies.
ERVIN, PADOVANO and HAWKES, JJ., concur.