Legal Opinion
Rivera v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided December 8, 2006No. 5D06-2606PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
943 So.2d 973 (2006)
Hector RIVERA, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 5D06-2606.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
December 8, 2006.
Hector Rivera, Daytona Beach, pro se.
No Appearance for Respondent.
SAWAYA, J.
Hector Rivera entered a plea and was sentenced on July 15, 2001. He did not file a direct appeal. Now, in his sworn petition for belated appeal, Rivera alleges that when the trial judge informed him of his right to appeal, he immediately requested his attorney to "file the necessary appeal notice." He states, under oath, that he "has just recently discovered…
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- Miller v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2005
- Nixon v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2006
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