Case Name: John Richard MASON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2009-04-24
Citations: 8 So. 3d 474
Docket Number: No. 1D08-6123
Parties: John Richard MASON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: KAHN, DAVIS, and CLARK, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 8
Pages: 474–474

Head Matter:
John Richard MASON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D08-6123.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
April 24, 2009.
Bernard F. Daley, Jr. of Bernard F. Daley, Jr., P.A., Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
John Richard Mason timely seeks a belated appeal of his judgment and sentence entered on May 22, 2007. In response to an order to show cause, the state indicates that it does not oppose the granting of relief. A timely appeal of the judgment and sentence was taken in case number 1D07-3451. Through no fault directly attributable to petitioner, that appeal was dismissed for failure to respond to the court's orders requiring payment of the filing fee and requiring petitioner to show cause concerning the timeliness of the notice of appeal. Therefore, the proper remedy is reinstatement of the appeal in case number 1D07-3451 rather than granting a belated appeal.
Accordingly, the appeal in Mason v. State, case number 1D07-3451, is hereby reinstated.
KAHN, DAVIS, and CLARK, JJ., concur.