         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D19-335
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DAPHEDRON LAMAR ALLEN,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

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


                        October 23, 2019


PER CURIAM.

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

B.L. THOMAS, OSTERHAUS, 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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Rick A. Sichta and Susanne K. Sichta of The Sichta Firm, LLC,
Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Virginia Chester Harris,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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