IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
TODD PAYNE, FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA
Petitioner, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
v. DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED
STATE OF FLORIDA, CASE NO. 1D16-1749
Respondent.
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Opinion filed August 18, 2016.
Petition for Belated Appeal -- Original Jurisdiction.
Stacy A. Scott, Public Defender, and Susan A. Ward, Assistant Public Defender,
Gainesville, for Petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, David Llanes and Donna A. Gerace, Assistant
Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The petition seeking a belated appeal of the order of drug offender probation
rendered on July 29, 2015, in Levy County Circuit Court case number 38-2014-CF-
000550-A, is granted. Upon issuance of the mandate, a copy of this opinion shall be
furnished to the clerk of the lower tribunal for treatment as a notice of appeal. If
petitioner qualifies for the appointment of counsel at public expense, the lower tribunal
is directed to appoint counsel to represent him in the belated appeal.
B.L. THOMAS, WETHERELL, and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.
Todd Payne v. State of Florida
Combined Opinion