*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 JUNIOR J. BATISTA,

Petitioner, v. Case No. 5D17-1135 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Respondent.

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Opinion filed May 26, 2017

Petition for Belated Appeal

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Junior J. Batista, Okeechobee, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General

Tallahassee, and, Marjorie Vincent-Tripp,

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 February 20, 2017 order denying postconviction motion, filed in Case No. 2010-CF-554-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Osceola County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

COHEN, C.J., SAWAYA, TORPY, JJ., concur.