         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D16-0801
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PAUL BURNS,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

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


                          July 10, 2018


PER CURIAM.

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

WOLF, LEWIS, and RAY, 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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Paul Burns, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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