
    Leondray KIRKLAND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D11-3132.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Aug. 31, 2011.
    Leondray Kirkland, pro se, Petitioner.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Brooke Poland, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition seeking a belated appeal of the judgment and sentence rendered on November 22, 2010, in Duval County Circuit Court case number 2009-CF-7708 is granted. Upon issuance of mandate, a copy of this opinion shall be furnished to the lower tribunal for treatment as a notice of appeal. The Court notes that the lower tribunal has already appointed the Office of the Public Defender, Fourth Judicial Circuit, to represent petitioner on appeal, and construes the order of appointment as extending to the belated appeal authorized by this opinion.

VAN NORTWICK, MARSTILLER, and SWANSON, JJ., concur.  