          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-1325
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GERALD DAVIS,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.


                          April 13, 2018


PER CURIAM.

    The petition seeking belated appeal is denied on the merits.

LEWIS, ROBERTS, 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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John A. Ramsey, Jr., Gainesville, for Petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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