Case Name: Juan ITTURALDES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2006-08-25
Citations: 935 So. 2d 1283
Docket Number: No. 5D06-1500
Parties: Juan ITTURALDES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: PALMER and EVANDER, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 935
Pages: 1283–1284

Head Matter:
Juan ITTURALDES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D06-1500.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Aug. 25, 2006.
Juan Itturaldes, Crawfordville, pro se.
Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
MONACO, J.
Juan Itturaldes filed a petition for writ of mandamus with this court seeking a belated appeal of his 1999 conviction and sentence and other relief. Mandamus is not the appropriate remedy for seeking a belated appeal, because the granting of that relief is not a ministerial duty. See Austin v. Crosby, 866 So.2d 742 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004). Thus, as required by rule 9.040(c), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, we consider his filing as a petition for belated appeal under rule 9.141(c), Florida Rules of Appellate Procedure, which is the proper remedy.
It appears that Mr. Itturaldes filed a pro se notice of appeal from this very same conviction and sentence in 1999. Because he failed to prosecute his appeal, however, it was dismissed. Moreover, Mr. Ittu-raldes has failed to point out any exception to the two-year time limit contained in rule 9.141(c)(4) under which he could seek a belated appeal. Accordingly, we deny the petition.
DENIED.
PALMER and EVANDER, JJ., concur.