MENEFEE v. STATE

No. 96-03747.

710 So.2d 227 (1998)

George MENEFEE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, Bartow, and Megan Olson, Assistant Public Defender, Clearwater, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Stephen D. Ake, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

George Menefee appeals the trial court's denial of his motion to restore appellate rights. We affirm.

The record reflects that the trial court concluded it had no jurisdiction to entertain Menefee's motion. At the time Menefee filed his motion, the trial court was the proper forum within which to file petitions for belated appeal if the failure to appeal was attributable to counsel. See Scalf v. Singletary, 589 So.2d 986...

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