         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
GREGORY J. BATIZI,

              Petitioner,

v.                                                     Case No. 5D18-1165

STATE OF FLORIDA,

           Respondent.
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Opinion filed July 6, 2018

Petition for Belated Appeal
A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Gregory J. Batizi, Blountstown, pro se.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General
Tallahassee,   and,    Kaylee Tatman,
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 October 2, 2017

judgment and sentence rendered in Case No. 2016-CF-1986, in the Circuit Court in and

for St. Johns County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).


       PETITION GRANTED.


EVANDER, LAMBERT and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.
