
    Gary Lavern BURCH, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D05-4702.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 9, 2006.
    Salvatore D. Mollica, Assistant Public Defender, Starke, for petitioner.
    Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Tracy Lee Cooper, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

Based upon counsel’s admission that he failed to timely file the appeal as requested, the petition for belated appeal is granted. Petitioner shall be allowed a belated appeal from the judgment and sentence rendered on August 2, 2005, in Bradford County Circuit Court case number 04-2003-CF-000675-A. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the circuit court for treatment as the notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.

PETITION GRANTED.

ERVIN, DAVIS and LEWIS, JJ., concur.  