
    Nezra Ted McCARTY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D02-2831.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    Feb. 6, 2003.
    Nezra Ted McCarty, pro se, petitioner.
    Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Giselle Lylen Rivera, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal of the judgment and sentence imposed on March 14, 2002, in Wakulla County Circuit Court case number 01-57-CFA, 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. 9.141(c)(5)(D). The court notes that in accordance with the lower tribunal’s order regarding petitioner’s entitlement to a belated appeal, the Public Defender has been appointed to represent petitioner on appeal.

ALLEN, C.J., WOLF and PADOVANO, JJ., concur.  