Opinion ID: 1102851
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Heading: Rogers

Text: Albert Rogers was convicted of two counts of robbery and one count of burglary with a battery on November 4, 1984. Rogers' sentence and conviction were affirmed by the Second District without opinion on July 26, 1996. See Rogers v. State, 678 So.2d 343 (Fla. 2d DCA 1996). Thereafter, Rogers retained counsel and filed a 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. That motion was summarily denied by the circuit court on December 9, 1998. Rogers did not appeal the denial of his postconviction motion. On October 8, 1999, Rogers filed a habeas petition pro se with the Second District claiming that he wanted to appeal the denial of his postconviction motion but was not properly advised by postconviction counsel as to the manner to do so. Rogers further claimed that he timely notified his attorney of his desire to appeal but counsel informed him that he should waive the appeal despite counsel's belief that the trial court's ruling was improper. The Second District, on rehearing, denied Rogers' habeas petition and certified the identical question it certified in Williams. See Rogers v. State, 752 So.2d 657 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000).