Bennett v. State

“[T]he filing of a notice 'of appeal in the wrong court is not a jurisdictional defect.” Pennywell v. Fla. Dep’t of Revenue ex rel. Woodard, 62 So.3d 19, 20 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011) (citing Kaweblum v. Thornhill Estates Homeowners Ass’n, Inc., 755 So.2d 85, 88 (Fla.2000), and Alfonso v. Dep’t of Envtl. Reg., 616 So.2d 44, 47 (Fla.1993)).

Accordingly, the petition for belated appeal-is granted. Petitioner > shall be allowed a belated appeal from the lower tribunal’s October 12, 2015, Order Denying Motion to Correct Sentence in Leon County Circuit Court case number 1986CF4095. Upon issuance of…