
    LaDale Maurice MATHIS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D00-462.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    July 12, 2000.
    LaDale Maurice Mathis, pro se, petitioner.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Elizabeth Fletcher-Duffy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition seeking a belated appeal of the judgment and sentence rendered on or about June 4, 1998, in Bay County Circuit Court case number 98-860, is granted. 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 a notice of appeal. See Fla.R.App.P. 9.140(j)(5)(B). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.

JOANOS, PADOVANO and BROWNING, JJ., concur.  