
    Marcial RODRIGUES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 98-3756.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Oct. 4, 1999.
    Rehearing Denied Dec. 1, 1999.
    Marcial Rodrigues, pro se, petitioner.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and James W. Rogers, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition seeking a belated appeal from the judgment and sentence imposed December 19, 1995, in Suwannee County Circuit Court Case No. 95-71-CF, is granted. Upon issuance of mandate in this cause, a copy of this opinion shall be provided to the clerk of the lower tribunal 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.

BARFIELD, C.J., WEBSTER and BENTON, JJ., concur.  