Case Name: Gary Lavern BURCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-02-09
Citations: 920 So. 2d 722
Docket Number: No. 1D05-4702
Parties: Gary Lavern BURCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: ERVIN, DAVIS and LEWIS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 920
Pages: 722–723

Head Matter:
Gary Lavern BURCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D05-4702.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Feb. 9, 2006.
Salvatore D. Mollica, Assistant Public Defender, Starke, for petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Tracy Lee Cooper, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Based upon counsel's admission that he failed to timely file the appeal as requested, the petition for belated appeal is granted. Petitioner shall be allowed a belated appeal from the judgment and sentence rendered on August 2, 2005, in Bradford County Circuit Court case number 04-2003-CF-000675-A. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the circuit court for treatment as the notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.
PETITION GRANTED.
ERVIN, DAVIS and LEWIS, JJ., concur.