Perez v. State

In this petition for belated appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(c), Juan M. Perez seeks review of the trial court’s rulings on pre-trial motions. He contends that he asked his trial counsel to appeal the disposition of pre-trial motions, which the trial counsel failed to do. We deny his petition for belated appeal without prejudice for Perez to file a motion for post conviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850.

Perez entered guilty pleas to kidnapping and lewd and lascivious assault, and was sentenced to 25 years of incarceration. Before the…