         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-3546
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SAMUEL JONES,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

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


                        February 21, 2019


PER CURIAM.

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

MAKAR, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, 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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Samuel Jones, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley B. Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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