         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-0522
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SANDY V. ALSTON,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.


                          May 31, 2018


PER CURIAM.

     Petitioner does not adequately explain why the grounds
raised in this successive petition for belated appeal were not
raised in his initial petition for belated appeal. The Court finds
that the failure to assert the grounds was an abuse of procedure.
Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. See Fla. R. App. P.
9.141(c)(6)(C).

LEWIS, MAKAR, 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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Sandy V. Alston, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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