Lewis v. State

Anthony Antrone Lewis filed an emergency petition for writ of habeas corpus which is in substance a petition for belated appeal. See Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c).

Defendant-petitioner entered a guilty plea to the charge of attempted second degree murder, as well as a plea of admission to a violation of probation, and was sentenced as a youthful offender to a term of incarceration followed by two years of probation.

In the defendant’s petition, he alleges that after he entered his guilty plea, he requested that his appointed counsel file an appeal but counsel did not do so. Counsel denied that any…