LANGTRY, Judge.
These cases present two questions: (1) Whether inadvertent failure of court-appointed counsel to file a timely appeal from the dismissal of a petition for post-conviction relief is a denial of the "due process" and "equal protection" guarantees of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, entitling petitioners to relief; and (2) whether a second Post-Conviction Relief Act proceeding is the proper means to seek such relief.
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