
    Albert STEPHENS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    CASE NO. 1D16-4200
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Opinion filed February 14, 2017
    John Edward Eagen of the Law Office John Edward Eagen, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Samuel B. Steinberg, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition seeking a belated appeal of the judgment and sentence rendered on May 23, 2016, in Leon County Circuit Court case number 2014-CF-000486, is granted. Upon issuance of mandate, a copy of this opinion shall be furnished to the clerk of the lower tribunal for treatment as a notice of appeal. The court notes that the lower tribunal has entered an order appointing the Office of the Public Defender to represent petitioner on appeal.

LEWIS, BILBREY, and WINOKUR, JJ, CONCUR.  