Battie v. Singletary

Keithan Darnell Battie has filed a motion to reopen his earlier petition for belated appeal, which we denied in 1998. See Battie v. Singletary, 718 So.2d 323 (Fla. 3d DCA 1998). We deny the motion to reopen.

In 1996, defendant-petitioner Battie entered into a plea bargain whereby he pled guilty to one count of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder, in exchange for a waiver of the death penalty. He was sentenced to consecutive life sentences.

*1262In 1998, defendant filed a petition for belated appeal. Because defendant had pled guilty and waived the right to appeal, this court…