DESPRES v. STATE

No. 82-173.

427 So.2d 257 (1983)

Norman Henry DESPRES a/K/a Joseph Cozzi, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

February 16, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman Henry Despres, pro se.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, and Shawn L. Briese, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for respondent.


SHARP, Judge.

Despres seeks a belated review of his robbery conviction. He alleged that he asked his public defender to appeal the conviction immediately after the jury returned with a guilty verdict, but no appeal was taken. Some fourteen months after a life sentence was imposed on Despres in this case, he filed a 3.850 motion1 with the trial court to obtain a belated appeal. The lower court...

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