EARL DEXTER HOWARD, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.
CASE NO. 1D06-3420
COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIRST DISTRICT
December 27, 2006, Opinion Filed
NOTICE: [*1] NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED.
COUNSEL: Earl Dexter Howard, Pro se, Petitioner.
Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Edward C. Hill, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
JUDGES: KAHN, HAWKES, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.
OPINION: Petition Seeking Belated Appeal — Original Jurisdiction.
PER CURIAM.
The petition is granted and Earl Dexter Howard is hereby afforded a belated appeal from the order denying postconviction relief in Alachua County Circuit Court case numbers 2003-CF-1290-A and 2004-CF-495-A. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of the opinion will be provided to the clerk of the circuit court, who shall treat it as a notice of appeal. Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D).
PETITION SEEKING BELATED APPEAL GRANTED.
KAHN, HAWKES, and THOMAS, JJ., CONCUR.
