FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-1590 LT Case No. 2010-CF-8349 _____________________________ CHARLES E. BOWERS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Ryan Edward McFarland, of Kent & McFarland, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

Ashely Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Ryan Roy, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

August 23, 2024 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 January 8, 2021 order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case No. 2010-CF-8349, in the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

JAY, HARRIS, and BOATWRIGHT, JJ., concur. ____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________