Johnson v. State

990 So.2d 1245 (2008)

Wallace JOHNSON, Appellant,

v.

The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D07-3157.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

September 24, 2008.

Samuel J. Rabin, Jr., Miami, for appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Rolando A. Soler, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before GREEN, SHEPHERD, and CORTIÑAS, JJ.

We grant the defendant's petition for belated appeal because, as the State properly concedes, this relief is necessary to prevent a manifest injustice. McKay v. State, 988 So.2d 51 (Fla. 3d DCA 2008); Baker v. State, 878 So.2d 1236 (Fla.2004).

This court…