Alfonso v. State, Department of Environmental Regulation

The question presented by this appeal is whether a district court of appeal has jurisdiction to entertain an appeal from a final judgment of a circuit court where, as here, (1) the appellant erroneously files a notice of appeal with the district court, rather than the circuit court, and (2) the appellant takes no corrective action to file the notice of appeal in the circuit court within thirty days of the rendition of the final judgment. Based on the controlling and indistinguishable authority of Lampkin-Asam v. District Court of Appeal, 364 So.2d 469 (Fla. 1978), we conclude that the…