*1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED HOWARD DOZIER,

Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D17-0850 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondent.

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Opinion filed April 28, 2017

Petition for Belated Appeal

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Howard Dozier, Punta Gorda, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General

Tallahassee, and, Carmen F. Corrente,

Assistant Attorney General, Daytona

Beach, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal is granted. A copy of this opinion shall be filed with the trial court and be treated as the notice of appeal from the August 10, 2016 order dismissing Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in Case No. 2016-CA-5941 (1975-CF-00748), in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Orange County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

TORPY, EVANDER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.