Lofton v. State

PETERSON, Judge.

Jimmy Dean Lofton failed to timely pursue a belated appeal of his August 1991 conviction after the trial court granted his 3.850 motion to allow the belated appeal. The trial court’s order allowing the belated appeal was rendered on March 18, 1992, and the defendant was served with a copy of the order on March 20, 1992. The public defender was also appointed on March 20, 1992, to pursue the belated appeal. Inexplicably, the appeal that Lofton sought was not filed with this court until November 19, 1993.

In Mack v. State, 586 So.2d 1266 (Fla. 1st DCA 1991), the court explained…