          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D17-387
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JAMES HARVEY TIPLER,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Certorari.


                           May 23, 2018


PER CURIAM.

    The petition is denied on the merits.

WETHERELL, ROWE, and JAY, 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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Michael Ufferman of Michael Ufferman Law Firm, P.A.,
Tallahassee, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General; Amanda D. Stokes and
Jennifer J. Moore, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for
Respondent.




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