Opinion
Case No. 5D01-642.
Opinion filed June 1, 2001.
Petition for Belated Appeal, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.
Daniel Madison, Quincy, pro se.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Petitioner.
In this petition for belated appeal, the court appointed the Honorable Kim C. Hammond as commissioner to conduct a hearing to determine if a belated appeal should be authorized. Having considered the report of the commissioner, we hereby authorize petitioner's belated appeal of his designation as a sexual predator. We note that petitioner is not entitled to appointed counsel. See Bellicourt v. State, 745 So.2d 1120 (Fla. 2d DCA 1999). This opinion shall be treated as a notice of appeal.
PETITION GRANTED.
THOMPSON, C.J., COBB and ORFINGER, R. B., JJ., concur.