IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED AARON DAVID BROOKS, Petitioner, Case No. 5D23-1342 v. LT Case No. 2021-CF-1122-A

STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed April 21, 2023 Petition for Belated Appeal, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Michael A. Graves, Public Defender, and Jacqueline J. Dixon, Assistant Public Defender, Inverness, for Petitioner.

No Appearance for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal is granted. A copy of this opinion shall be filed with the trial court and be treated as the notice of appeal from the February 21, 2023, judgment and sentence rendered in Case No. 2021-CF- 1122-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Citrus County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

WALLIS, JAY and KILBANE, JJ., concur.