Berriel v. State

CROSS, Chief Judge.

We treat Daniel Raymond Berriel’s present untimely appeal from a judgment of an adjudication of guilt for the crime of robbery, which imposed a life sentence, as a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner’s constitutional right to an original direct appeal was frustrated when his court-appointed counsel failed to prosecute the appeal. The entire record of the trial proceedings is before us, briefs on behalf of each party have been filed, so we afford the Petitioner-Berriel review equivalent to an original direct appeal. Collins v. State of Florida, Fla.App. 4th…