Case Name: Dennis WATKINS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, etc., Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1977-11-09
Citations: 351 So. 2d 753
Docket Number: No. HH-477
Parties: Dennis WATKINS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, etc., Respondent.
Judges: MILLS, Acting C. J., and ERVIN, J., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 351
Pages: 753–754

Head Matter:
Dennis WATKINS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, etc., Respondent.
No. HH-477.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
Nov. 9, 1977.
Dennis Watkins in pro. per.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., for respondent.

Opinion:
SMITH, Judge.
This petition and attached exhibits demonstrate that petitioner inadvertently was denied an opportunity to request the circuit court to find him indigent for purposes of appeal and appoint the public defender to represent him on appeal with the result that no notice of appeal was timely filed. Petitioner is thus entitled to a belated appeal under the principles of Hollingshead v. Wainwright, 194 So.2d 577 (Fla.1967), cert. den., 391 U.S. 968, 88 S.Ct. 2040, 20 L.Ed.2d 882 (1968) and Baggett v. Wainwright, 229 So.2d 239 (Fla.1969). The petition is GRANTED. The circuit court of Alachua County will determine whether petitioner is indigent and, if so, will appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal to this court.
MILLS, Acting C. J., and ERVIN, J., concur.