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285 So. 2d 622

Farhat v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided October 30, 1973

District Court of Appeal of Florida · decided 1973-10-30

Relies on Johnston v. State

Decided 1973-10-30

PER CURIAM.

¶1The public defender of the Fourth Judicial Circuit, by an instrument signed on his behalf by an assistant public defender, has petitioned this Court for a Hollingshead appeal and alleges the following material facts: On July 24, 1973, petitioner plead guilty to the offense charged; on August 21, 1973, adjudication was withheld and petitioner was placed on three years probation; that the trial court entered an order dated August 30, 1973, appointing the public defender to represent petitioner on appeal to this Court; and that the trial court’s order dated August 30, 1973, was not received by the office of the public defender until “July 25, 1973”. Obviously, the allegation by petitioner that his office did not receive the trial court’s order until a month prior to said order being entered is incorrect.

¶2The following statement of this Court in Johnston v. State, 283 So.2d 120 (Opinion, filed September 20, 1973), is apropos to the instant petition, viz :

“We hope that pointing out this error on the part of the attorneys may benefit them as well as being a suggestion to other lawyers about carelessness in preparing for appeals.”

¶3The instant petition is denied.

RAWLS, C. J., and SPECTOR and JOHNSON, JJ., concur.
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