DOUGLAS M. WILLIAMS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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The Fifth District Court of Appeal granted Douglas M. Williams's petition for belated appeal, treating the court's order as notice of appeal from the trial court's October 27, 2025 order denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus.
The court granted the petition for belated appeal and treated its opinion as the notice of appeal from the October 27, 2025 order denying Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus.
“The petition for belated appeal is granted. A copy of this opinion shall be filed with the trial court and treated as the notice of appeal from the October 27, 2025 order denying Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus rendered in Case No. 60-2019-CF-1503-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Sumter County, Florida.”
Establishes the court's grant of the belated appeal petition and its treatment of the opinion as notice of appeal under the applicable procedural rule.
Douglas M. Williams filed a petition for belated appeal challenging an October 27, 2025 order from the Circuit Court in Sumter County, Florida that de…
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FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 5D2026-0155 LT Case No. 60-2019-CF-1503-A
DOUGLAS M. WILLIAMS,
Petitioner,
v. STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
Petition for Belated Appeal. A Case of Original Jurisdiction.
Douglas M. Williams, Chipley, pro se.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.
February 27, 2026
PER CURIAM.
The petition for belated appeal is granted. A copy of this opinion shall be filed with the trial court and treated as the notice of appeal from the October 27, 2025 order denying Petitioner's petition for writ of habeas corpus rendered in Case No. 60-2019-CF-1503-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Sumter County, Florida. See Fla. R. Aрр. Р. 9.141(c)(6)(D).
PETITION GRANTED.
EISNAUGLE, SOUD, and KILBANE, JJ., concur. Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.