Case Name: John Anthony YEAGER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2002-03-15
Citations: 809 So. 2d 913
Docket Number: No. 5D01-3623
Parties: John Anthony YEAGER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
Judges: SHARP, W., HARRIS and PLEUS, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 809
Pages: 913–913

Head Matter:
John Anthony YEAGER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D01-3623.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
March 15, 2002.
John Anthony Yeager, Clermont, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In light of the commissioner's report of findings and recommendation, we grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus for belated appeal. As the commissioner explained in his report:
[Yeager's] request for a belated appeal is warranted as a result of the factual finding that Yeager and his trial attorney conducted a conversation on the subject of the filing of a notice of appeal and the conversation reasonably led to a misunderstanding. Yeager has established to this Court's satisfaction that he made a timely request for the filing of the notice of appeal and that it would be fundamentally unfair under the circumstances to deny the opportunity for review of his conviction and sentence.
This opinion shall be filed with the lower court and will be treated as the notice of appeal in circuit case 2000-34250-CFAES. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D).
PETITION GRANTED.
SHARP, W., HARRIS and PLEUS, JJ., concur.