Case Name: Donald E. SARGENT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2007-09-28
Citations: 964 So. 2d 903
Docket Number: No. 5D07-1993
Parties: Donald E. SARGENT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: PALMER, C.J., SAWAYA and TORPY, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 964
Pages: 903–903

Head Matter:
Donald E. SARGENT, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D07-1993.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Sept. 28, 2007.
Donald E. Sargent, Cross City, pro se.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Donald Sargent has filed a petition in this court seeking a writ of habeas corpus requesting a belated appeal. We deny the petition without prejudice to refile a legally sufficient petition. The instant petition, although executed with proper legal formality, fails to allege that Sargent requested his attorney to file an appeal on his behalf in a timely manner. If he failed to make a timely request for an appeal, he is not entitled to receive a belated appeal.
Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus DENIED without prejudice.
PALMER, C.J., SAWAYA and TORPY, JJ., concur.
. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(3)(F). See also Moore v. State, 910 So.2d 947 (Fla. 5th DCA 2005).