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191 So. 2d 870

Clark v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided November 4, 1966

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1966-11-04

Cited by 5 later decisions — most recently December 1975

5 state decisions

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

““An appeal may be taken only by filing with the clerk of the lower court a notice in writing stating that the appellant appeals from a judgment, order, ruling or sentence, as the case may be, and if the appeal be taken by a defendant, by depositing a filing fee in the amount prescribed by law * * * unless the appellant is adjudged insolvent prior to the time of such filing * * [Emphasis added.]”

quoted by 2 later decisions, including Woolley v. State, 220 So. 2d 644 - Thomas v. City of Gainesville

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Decided 1966-11-04

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PER CURIAM.

¶1In this case Notice of Appeal was not filed or recorded until 102 days after the date of judgment and sentence appealed from. Obviously, therefore, this Court has no jurisdiction. The Notice of Appeal was “received” by the Clerk of the Circuit Court within 90 days from the date of judgment and sentence, but was not filed by the Clerk, presumably because neither a filing fee had been deposited with said Clerk to defray the costs payable to the appellate court Clerk nor had defendant below been adjudicated insolvent so as to require the State to pay such costs. One of the latter is required by Criminal Rule 6.4, Florida Appellate Rules, 31 F.S.A., which provides:

“An appeal may be taken only by filing with the clerk of the lower court a notice in writing stating that the appellant appeals from a judgment, order, ruling or sentence, as the case may be, and if the appeal be taken by a defendant, by depositing a filing fee in the amount prescribed by law, which may be by a check or money order payable to the clerk of the appellate court, with the clerk of the lower court unless the appellant is adjudged insolvent prior to the time of such filing … (Emphasis supplied).

¶2The burden was upon defendant below to bring himself within the provisions of said Criminal Rule 6.4, which he failed to do.

¶3The appeal in this case is therefore—

¶4Dismissed.

LILES, Acting C. J., and PIERCE and KANNER, (RET.), JJ., concur.
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