Case Name: John CAPELLAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2005-02-18
Citations: 893 So. 2d 699
Docket Number: No. 5D05-21
Parties: John CAPELLAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: SHARP, W., THOMPSON and PALMER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 893
Pages: 699–699

Head Matter:
John CAPELLAN, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D05-21.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 18, 2005.
John Capellán, Raiford, for Petitioner.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John Capellán 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 Capellan's trial counsel, who conceded that petitioner had made a timely request for an appeal but, through inadvertence, he failed to filed the notice of appeal. The Attorney • General candidly acknowledges that Capellán is entitled to receive a belated appeal. Capellan's petition for a belated appeal is granted.
PETITION GRANTED.
SHARP, W., THOMPSON and PALMER, JJ., concur.