
    Robert M. JONES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 5D01-313.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    May 18, 2001.
    Robert M. Jones, Bushnell, pro se.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.
   PER CURIAM.

In this petition for belated appeal, the court appointed the Honorable G. Richard Singletary as commissioner of this court to conduct a hearing to determine if a belated appeal should be authorized. Having considered the report of the commissioner, we authorize petitioner’s belated appeal and this opinion shall be treated as a notice of appeal.

PETITION GRANTED.

HARRIS, PETERSON and ORFINGER, R. B., JJ., concur.  