Case Name: Robert JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Louie L. Wainwright, etc., Respondents
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1985-02-21
Citations: 471 So. 2d 58
Docket Number: No. 83-1734
Parties: Robert JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Louie L. Wainwright, etc., Respondents.
Judges: DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 471
Pages: 58–59

Head Matter:
Robert JOSEPH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida and Louie L. Wainwright, etc., Respondents.
No. 83-1734.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
Feb. 21, 1985.
Rehearing Denied June 17, 1985.
Rehearing En Banc Granted June 17, 1985.
James B. Gibson, Public Defender, and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for petitioner.
Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Day-tona Beach, for respondents.

Opinion:
SHARP, Judge.
This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus for belated appellate review. We previously appointed a commissioner to determine whether Joseph was denied his right to appellate review due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Joseph v. State, 451 So.2d 886 (Fla. 5th DCA 1984).
We hold that Joseph is entitled to a belated appeal despite the contrary finding by the commissioner. At the hearing, Joseph's counsel admitted that he had taken upon himself the responsibility for deciding whether to appeal and what other post-trial remedies to pursue. In our view, this was (with the understanding and concurrence of his client) tantamount to Joseph's having timely requested an appeal.
When counsel later filed an appeal, it was filed untimely because he was unaware that a motion to reduce sentence, Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.800, did not toll the time for filing an appeal. Under these circumstances, appellant is entitled to a belated appeal. State v. Meyer, 430 So.2d 440 (Fla.1983).
BELATED APPEAL GRANTED.
DAUKSCH, J., concurs.
COWART, J., dissents with opinion.