Case Name: Peter BEGGIO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-04-28
Citations: 870 So. 2d 964
Docket Number: No. 1D04-1247
Parties: Peter BEGGIO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KAHN, VAN NORTWICK and POLSTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 870
Pages: 964–965

Head Matter:
Peter BEGGIO, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D04-1247.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 28, 2004.
Melissa Minsk Donoho, Ft. Lauderdale, for petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Peter Beggio seeks a belated appeal of a June 2001 order of the circuit court denying his motion for postconviction relief. We deny the petition, concluding that it is untimely under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c)(4)(A). Moreover, even if the present petition is deemed to relate back to the prior pro se petition that was timely filed but was dismissed for failure to comply with an order of the court, we find that the matters alleged in the petition fail to set forth a basis for the granting of a belated appeal. While petitioner's prior counsel may have given him a candid assessment of the likelihood of a successful appeal of the denial of his postconviction motion, petitioner has failed to show that his counsel improperly discouraged him from filing an appeal.
PETITION FOR BELATED APPEAL DENIED.
KAHN, VAN NORTWICK and POLSTON, JJ., concur.