SHOWERS v. STATE

No. 77-312.

359 So.2d 928 (1978)

Samuel SHOWERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

June 21, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliott C. Metcalfe, Jr., Public Defender, and Harold H. Moore, Asst. Public Defender, Sarasota, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Richard G. Pippinger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

After his conviction for assault with intent to commit second degree murder, appellant wrote a letter to the trial court in which he stated that he wished to appeal and asked that the court appoint counsel for that purpose. The court treated the letter as a timely notice of appeal and appointed the public defender for the Tenth Circuit to act as appellate counsel. However, the appeal was neither docketed in the trial court nor in this court. Appellant...

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