Mann v. State

Gregg Mann filed the instant petition seeking belated appeal of his January 31, 2017 violation of probation judgment and sentence. We treat the petition as one asserting ineffective assistance of appellate counsel pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(d) and grant the petition.

A review of this Court's records show that Mann's counsel, Michael Sanders-Randall, did in fact file a notice of appeal but failed to follow through by having the record on appeal filed. As a result of counsel's failure to respond to this Court's order to show cause regarding same, Mann's appeal was…