DAVIS v. SINGLETARY

No. 97-3976.

716 So.2d 273 (1998)

Terence R. DAVIS, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, Jr., Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

February 18, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terence R. Davis, South Bay, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Myra J. Fried, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Terence R. Davis petitions for writ of habeas corpus for belated appeal from the order, dated May 5, 1997, denying his rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief. We reject his contention that, as an unknowledgeable layman, he did not "know" he had thirty days in which to appeal, as the order contained the language so advising him which is required by rule 3.850(g). However, we grant the petition because we find "exceptional circumstances that have rendered...

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