LEWIS v. STATE

No. 98-961.

713 So.2d 1029 (1998)

Steven D. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 7, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Lewis, Crawfordville, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jennifer Meek, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


PETERSON, Judge.

Steven D. Lewis seeks a belated appeal. Lewis states under oath that he had expressed a desire to appeal at sentencing, and that he is indigent. Lewis further represents that a notice of appeal has never been filed and that he was never contacted by the public defender. The State does not dispute any of the allegations, but argues that Lewis' petition should be denied for legal insufficiency because it...

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