DeMaria v. State

We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

Does the holding in Lambrix v. State, 698 So.2d 247 (Fla.1996), when considered in light of the Supreme Court of Florida’s pronouncement in Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999), foreclose the provision of a belated appeal from the denial of a postconviction motion when the notice of appeal was not timely filed due to the ineffectiveness of counsel in the collateral proceeding?

DeMaria v. State, 778 So.2d 302, 303 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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