Demaria v. State

ORDER ON REMAND FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF FLORIDA

This court dismissed Jack Leon Demaria’s appeal as untimely, Demaria v. State, 778 So.2d 302 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000), and in so doing certified to the Supreme Court of Florida a question regarding the propriety of granting a belated appeal from an order denying a postconviction motion when the notice was untimely filed due to counsel’s neglect. The supreme court quashed this court’s dismissal, Demaria v. State, 777 So.2d 975 (Fla.2001), and remanded the matter to this court for further proceedings consistent with the supreme court’s decision in…