Ratliff v. State, 5D00-1115

• Decision Date: 09 June 2000
• Docket Number: No. 5D00-1115,5D00-1115
• Citation: 759 So.2d 747
• Parties: (Fla.App. 5 Dist. 2000) GRAHAM N. RATLIFF, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT.
• Court: Florida District Court of Appeals

Page 747

759 So.2d 747 (Fla.App. 5 Dist. 2000)

GRAHAM N. RATLIFF, PETITIONER, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT.

No. 5D00-1115.

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA, FIFTH DISTRICT.

June 9, 2000.

Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Graham N. Ratliff, Orlando, pro se.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Per Curiam.

In this petition for belated appeal, the undisputed factual allegations show that petitioner's appeal rights were frustrated due to ineffective assistance of counsel. Therefore, we grant the petition for belated appeal and this opinion shall be treated as a notice of appeal.

PETITION GRANTED.

THOMPSON, C.J., W. SHARP, and PETERSON, JJ., concur.