
    Jacky Bryan STRICKLAND, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 1D06-0417.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
    May 18, 2006.
    
      Richard A. Parker, Public Defender, Eighth Judicial Circuit, and Thomas Jay McLennon, Assistant Public Defender, Gainesville, for Petitioner.
    Charlie Crist, Attorney General, and Felicia A. Wilcox, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
   PER CURIAM.

The petition is granted and petitioner shall be allowed a belated appeal from the judgment and sentence rendered on September 23, 2005, in Alachua County Circuit Court case number 01-2003-CF-4378A. 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 the notice of appeal. Fla. R.App. P. 9.141(c)(5)(D). If petitioner qualifies for appointed counsel, the trial court shall appoint counsel to represent petitioner on appeal.

PETITION GRANTED.

DAVIS, POLSTON, and THOMAS, JJ., concur.  