            FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                   STATE OF FLORIDA
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                            No. 1D17-3010
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JULIUS T. SLEDGE,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal – Original Jurisdiction.

                           January 26, 2018



PER CURIAM.

    The petition seeking belated appeal is denied on the merits.

WETHERELL, MAKAR, and KELSEY, JJ., concur.

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    Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized
    motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331.
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Julius T. Sledge, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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