RICKY NAZWORTH, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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Defendant's rule 3.850 motion for postconviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel for failing to file a direct appeal was affirmed, but the court allowed him to pursue a habeas corpus petition for a belated appeal if he could allege a timely request for appeal.
A defendant seeking postconviction relief for counsel's failure to file a direct appeal must pursue a habeas corpus petition under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(j) rather than a rule 3.850 motion, and must allege a timely request for appeal to trial counsel.
[1] A defendant seeking relief for trial counsel's failure to file a direct appeal must petition for habeas corpus under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(j) and must…
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PER CURIAM.
Ricky Nazworth (defendant) appeals the trial court’s order denying his rule 3.850 motion for posteonviction relief.1 In his motion defendant alleged his trial counsel was • ineffective because he failed to file a direct appeal from his judgments and sentences. We affirm without prejudice to defendant to file a petition for habeas corpus seeking permission to file a belated appeal.
Defendant’s rule 3.850 motion contends that after he pled nolo contendere to five counts of attempted sexual battery and four counts of lewd and lascivious assault upon a child, the trial court adjudicated him guilty and sentenced him to a term of imprisonment followed by probation. Defendant alleges that he told his trial counsel to file a notice of appeal but “[tjrial counsel failed to file said [njotice of [ajppeal.”
Defendant should have filed a petition for habeas corpus in this court seeking a belated appeal pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(j). Moreover, even if defendant had filed a petition for habeas corpus, it would have been legally insufficient because defendant did not allege that he made a timely request for an appeal to his trial counsel. See Gilliam v. State, 611 So. 2d 90, 91 (Fla. 2d DCA 1992). Accordingly, we affirm the trial court’s order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief without prejudice to file a legally sufficient petition for habeas corpus.
AFFIRMED.
PETERSON and ANTOON, JJ., concur. GRIFFIN, C.J., concurs in result only.
. See Fla. R.Crim. P. 3.850.
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Fuller v. State, 886 So. 2d 242 (Fla. 5th DCA 2004)…not include whether the defendant requested counsel to proceed with the appeal, Bridges v. State, 863 So. 2d 366 (Fla. 5th DCA 2003), and where the petition did not include a statement that a timely request was made for an appeal, Nazworth v. State, 715 So. 2d 1061 (Fla. 5th DCA 1998). In this case, Fuller does not aver that he asked his attorney to file an appeal. Bridges. He merely states that he asked for an appeal in his plea agreement, which is insufficient. Bridges; Nazworth. The rule is technical in i…
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