Linville v. State

We withdraw our opinion in Linville v. State , 251 So.3d 352 (Fla. 5th DCA 2018), and substitute this opinion in its place.

By sworn application, Petitioner, an inmate at Gulf Correctional Institution,1 seeks a belated appeal from an order denying his motion for postconviction relief. In his petition, he asserts that "he timely provided a Notice of Appeal to officials for mailing, and the docket indicates that it was never received." Along with his petition, Petitioner furnished a copy of a notice of appeal bearing a dated stamp reflecting that the document had been "[p]rovided to Gulf…