EDENFIELD
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Lack of access to a prison law library is not a sufficient basis to grant a belated appeal.
[1] An inmate's lack of access to a prison law library does not constitute grounds for granting a belated appeal, as such access is not necessary to prepare and transmit a si…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“access to a prison law library is not 'necessary to prepare and transmit a simple notice of appeal' and lack of that access did not demonstrate 'a right to [a] belated appeal'”
Court's citation to Jordan v. State, 549 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989)
Edenfield, an inmate, petitioned for a belated appeal in the First District Court of Appeal.…
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PER CURIAM.
DENIED. See Jordan v. State, 549 So. 2d 805 (Fla. 1st DCA 1989) (holding that access to a prison law library is not “necessary to prepare and transmit a simple notice of appeal” and lack of that access did not demonstrate “a right to [a] belated appeal”). LEWIS, RAY, and BILBREY, JJ., concur.
_____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
_____________________________ William F. Edenfield, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
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