          FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
                 STATE OF FLORIDA
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                          No. 1D18-2483
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EARNEST D. BOLTON,

    Petitioner,

    v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

    Respondent.
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Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction.


                       September 12, 2018


PER CURIAM.

    The petition for belated appeal is denied on the merits.

WOLF, ROWE, and KELSEY, 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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Earnest D. Bolton, pro se, Petitioner.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Daniel Krumbholz,
Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.




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