Washington v. Singletary

Petitioner seeks a belated appeal of the order denying his rule 3.850 motion for post-conviction relief, issued on May 13,1997. To his sworn petition, he attached documentary evidence showing that he received no legal mail between May 13 and June 13, 1997, other than one piece of mail from the office of the state attorney, which the respondent concedes was a copy of the state’s amended response to his motion. In response to his inquiry, Petitioner finally received a copy of the order of denial in mail postmarked September 15, 1997, and filed his petition with this court on September 29.…