G.W. v. Rushing

G.W.1 complains that the circuit court clerk for Sarasota County failed to transmit a notice of appeal to this court, thus depriving him of appellate review and, inferentially, this court of its obligation to initiate an appellate proceeding over which it has jurisdiction. He advanced this claim by submitting a document to this court entitled “Petitioner’s Verified Motion for Belated Appeal,” styled “[G.W.] v. [L.M.]” reflecting the parties to the circuit court action. Mindful that petitions for belated appeal pertain only to criminal matters, this court by order treated the proceeding as a…