Legal Opinion

Lindsay v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 14, 1991No. 91-285PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Per curiam

On the court’s own motion we dismiss this appeal for failure to timely file the notice of appeal.

Appellant filed his notice of appeal on January 15, 1991. The notice stated that the order being appealed was rendered on December 12, 1990. Since appellant’s notice of appeal would have had to have been filed on January 11,1991 to have been timely, this court issued an order to show cause why the appeal should not be dismissed for failure to timely file the notice of appeal.

Appellant who is incarcerated has responded and states that he timely requested from the prison law library copies of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Houston v. LackSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  2. Hoffman v. JonesSupreme Court of Florida · 1973
  3. Walker v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1974
  4. Clifford v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1987

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Haag v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1992
  2. David Kelsey Sparre v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  3. David Kelsey Sparre v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015

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