                                          IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                                          FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA

MAURICE A. BENNETT,                       NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO
                                          FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND
      Petitioner,                         DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED

v.                                        CASE NO. 1D17-2596

STATE OF FLORIDA,

     Respondent.
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Opinion filed November 8, 2017.

Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel -- Original
Jurisdiction.

Maurice A. Bennett, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Sharon S. Traxler, Assistant Attorney
General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




PER CURIAM.

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

merits.

RAY, WINOKUR, and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.
