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777 So. 2d 975

777 So.2d 975

26 Fla.L.WeeklySupp. 72

DeMaria v. State

Supreme Court of Florida

Decided February 8, 2001

Supreme Court of Florida · decided 2001-02-08

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently May 2001

1 state decisions

Relies on 747 So. 2d 931 - Steele v. Kehoe · 698 So. 2d 247 - Lambrix v. State · Williams v. State

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Decided 2001-02-08

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SHAW, J.

¶1We have for review a decision on the following question certified to be of great public importance:

Does the holding in Lambrix v. State, 698 So.2d 247 (Fla.1996), when considered in light of the Supreme Court of Florida’s pronouncement in Steele v. Kehoe, 747 So.2d 931 (Fla.1999), foreclose the provision of a belated appeal from the denial of a postconviction motion when the notice of appeal was not timely filed due to the ineffectiveness of counsel in the collateral proceeding?

¶2DeMaria v. State, 778 So.2d 302, 303 (Fla. 2d DCA 2000). We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

¶3Consistent with our decision in Williams v. State, 777 So.2d 947 (Fla.2000), we answer the certified question in the negative.

¶4The decision of the district court of appeal is quashed and the case is remanded for further proceedings in light of our opinion in Williams.

¶5It is so ordered.

HARDING, ANSTEAD, PARIENTE, LEWIS and QUINCE, JJ„ concur.WELLS, C.J., concurs in result only.
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