RIVERA v. STATE (2021)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Marianne RIVERA, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Case No. 5D21-925

Decided: June 18, 2021

Marianne Rivera, Ocala, pro se. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A. Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

Pursuant to Mann v. State, 264 So. 3d 300 (Fla. 5th DCA 2019), and consistent with the State's concession, we grant the petition and reinstate the direct appeal in Case No. 5D19-1304. Additionally, we relinquish jurisdiction to the trial court for a period of thirty days to consider and rule on Petitioner's motion for appointment of appellate counsel.

PETITION GRANTED; JURISDICTION RELINQUISHED.

PER CURIAM.

EVANDER, C.J., SASSO and WOZNIAK, JJ., concur.

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