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Hildebrand v. Singletary

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 17, 1996
666 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

Opinion

No. 95-3404.

January 17, 1996.

Petition of writ of habeas corpus to the Circuit Court for Broward County; William P. Dimitrouleas, Judge.

Thomas Hildebrand, Raiford, pro se petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and John Tiedemann, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


We grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus for belated appeal of a rule 3.850 post-conviction motion. The incarcerated petitioner has established that, through no fault of his own, he did not receive a copy of the trial court's order in a timely fashion. This court has permitted petitioners to file belated appeals under similar circumstances. See, e.g., Nava v. State, 652 So.2d 1264 (Fla. 4th DCA 1995) (trial court did not provide petitioner with copy of order and did not advise petitioner that he had thirty days to appeal); Everett v. Singletary, 603 So.2d 117 (Fla. 4th DCA 1992) (lack of appropriate certificate of service with date of service corroborated petitioner's allegation of non-receipt); Ferrell v. Music, 484 So.2d 595 (Fla. 4th DCA 1985) (petitioner's allegation of non-receipt of order was corroborated with affidavit and copy of envelope with postmark when mailed from court).

Accordingly, we grant the petition for writ of habeas corpus, allow the belated appeal, and order petitioner to file a notice of appeal with the clerk of the circuit court within thirty days from the date of this opinion.

GLICKSTEIN, POLEN, and STEVENSON, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Hildebrand v. Singletary

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District
Jan 17, 1996
666 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)
Case details for

Hildebrand v. Singletary

Case Details

Full title:THOMAS HILDEBRAND, PETITIONER, v. HARRY K. SINGLETARY, JR., SECRETARY…

Court:District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District

Date published: Jan 17, 1996

Citations

666 So. 2d 274 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 1996)

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