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 DOUGLAS MATTHEWS, Petitioner, Case No. 5D22-2149 v. LT Case No. 2008-30969-CFAES

STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ________________________________/ Opinion filed March 31, 2023 Petition for Belated Appeal, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Douglas Matthews, Carrabelle, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, 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 August 27, 2021 sentence rendered in Case No. 2008-30969-CFAES, in the Circuit Court in and for Volusia County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

LAMBERT, C.J., EDWARDS and EISNAUGLE, JJ., concur.