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BUFFORD v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 71-957.

272 So.2d 824 (1973)

John Henry BUFFORD, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

January 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Musgrove, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for petitioner.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Nelson E. Bailey, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner's original direct appeal from a judgment and sentence imposed upon conviction of rape was frustrated by an untimely filed notice of appeal by court appointed counsel.

We grant petitioner a belated review of the judgment and sentence equivalent to a direct appeal by means of this habeas corpus proceeding. Henninger v. State, Fla. 1970, 230 So.2d 149.

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