
    Steven NIXON, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D07-0370.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    May 21, 2007.
    Steven Nixon, pro se, Petitioner.
    Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Thomas D. Winokur, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition is granted and Steven Nixon is hereby afforded a belated appeal of the order denying motion to correct illegal sentence in case number 97-171-CF in the Circuit Court for Suwannee 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).

BROWNING, C.J., POLSTON and HAWKES, JJ., concur.  