
    Harry TIPTON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D06-6532.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    June 18, 2007.
    Harry Tipton, pro se, Petitioner.
    Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal is granted and Harry Tipton is hereby afforded a belated appeal from judgment and sentence in case number 96-CF-1756 in the Circuit Court for Okaloosa County. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion will be provided to the clerk of the circuit court, with directions that it be treated as a notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D).

The circuit court is directed to appoint counsel to represent petitioner in the appeal, if he qualifies for such an appointment.

PETITION GRANTED.

KAHN, LEWIS, and HAWKES, JJ., concur.  