BYRD v. STATE

No. 5D00-2362.

770 So.2d 311 (2000)

Dexter L. BYRD, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

November 9, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dexter L. Byrd, Crestview, Petitioner, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Robin A. Compton, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.


HARRIS, J.

After offering Byrd a thirty year sentence if he pled, an offer Byrd rejected, the court, after trial (and after pleas to other charges), sentenced Byrd to seventy-five years. Byrd, whose original appeal was submitted on an Anders brief with Byrd being denied the opportunity to file a separate brief, now claims ineffective assistance of appellate counsel and seeks a belated appeal. We agree and authorize...

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