PER CURIAM.
Gary Oble Merrell petitions for a belated appeal. He alleged that after an evidentiary hearing on a motion for postconviction relief under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850, he requested, and his privately-retained trial counsel agreed, to take an appeal. No appeal was ever filed.
We appointed a commissioner who conducted an evidentiary hearing at which defendant-appellant Merrell and his trial counsel both testified. The trial court found...
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