         FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-2983
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ROBERT EARL HAYES,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

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


                          May 21, 2019


PER CURIAM.

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

MAKAR, OSTERHAUS, and BILBREY, 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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Robert Earl Hayes, pro se, Petitioner.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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