FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-2707 LT Case No. 16-1993-CF-4491-A _____________________________ ARTAVIOUS COTTON, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Artavious Cotton, Arcadia, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Heather Flanagan Ross, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

November 15, 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 February 28, 2024 order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case No. 16-1993-CF-4491-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

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