FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-3371 LT Case No. 2015-CF-000603-A _____________________________ ARTHUR SLINGER, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Arthur Slinger, Crawfordville, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marissa V. Giles, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

January 3, 2025 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 September 8, 2023 order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case No. 2015-CF-000603-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Citrus County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

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