DARRELL THOMPSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2026-07-31
No. 2026-1144
Wallis, J., Edwards, J., Eisnaugle, J.
2026 FL 9847 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2026)

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Holding

A petition for belated appeal is granted when timely filed, and the appellate opinion serves as notice of appeal from the underlying trial court order.


Headnotes

[1] An appellate court opinion granting a petition for belated appeal may be filed with the trial court and treated as the notice of appeal from the underlying order, in acco…

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Facts & Procedural History

Darrell Thompson, an inmate at Raiford, filed a petition for belated appeal from a December 3, 2024 order denying his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedu…

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Opinion of the Court

FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL

STATE OF FLORIDA

Case No. 5D2026-1144 LT Case No. 2019-CF-003295-A

DARRELL THOMPSON, Petitioner,

V.

STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent.

Petition for Belated Appeal. A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Darrell Thompson, Raiford, pro se.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Brian A. Hofer, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

July 31, 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 December 3, 2024 order denying Appellant's Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case No. 2019-CF-003295-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

WALLIS, EDWARDS, and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.


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