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VIQUEIRA v. ROTH

No. 91-2698.

591 So.2d 1147 (1992)

Alejandro VIQUEIRA, Petitioner, v. Richard D. ROTH, Sheriff of Monroe County, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

January 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender, and Beth C. Weitzner, Asst. Public Defender, for petitioner.

No appearance for respondent.

Before NESBITT, FERGUSON and COPE, JJ.

COPE, Judge.

Alejandro Viqueira petitions for a writ of habeas corpus for a belated appeal. We grant the petition.

Viqueira was convicted of a cocaine offense and sentenced to incarceration in June, 1991. Viqueira requested that the public defender file an appeal on his behalf, but no notice of appeal was filed.

In September, 1991 Viqueira wrote a letter to the trial judge explaining that, although he had...

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