         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-4211
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JUSTIN CURINTON,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel—
Original Jurisdiction.


                         August 15, 2018


PER CURIAM.

    The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate
counsel is denied on the merits.

B.L. THOMAS, C.J., and OSTERHAUS and BILBREY, 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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Justin Curinton, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Samuel B. Steinberg,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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