EPPS v. WAINWRIGHT

No. 82-1174.

420 So.2d 659 (1982)

Roy Lee EPPS, Petitioner, v. Louie L. WAINWRIGHT, Director, Division of Corrections, State of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

October 20, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan H. Schreiber, Public Defender, and Steven Michaelson, Asst. Public Defender, Fort Lauderdale, for petitioner.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Robert L. Bogen, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


GLICKSTEIN, Judge.

Petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus to obtain delayed appellate review. The circumstances are identical to those in Potts v. Wainwright, 413 So.2d 156 (Fla. 4th DCA 1982) (on motion for rehearing). In both cases the public defender failed to file a timely notice of appeal; and by unpublished order, this court dismissed the appeal as untimely.1 In Potts, we granted...

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