FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2024-3177 LT Case No. 16-1996-CF-5225-A _____________________________ ROBERT THOMAS, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Robert Thomas, Monticello, pro se.

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

January 17, 2025 PER CURIAM.

The petition for belated appeal is granted. A copy of this opinion shall be filed with the trial court and treated as the notice of appeal from the July 16, 2024 order denying Petitioner’s motion to correct illegal sentence rendered in Case No. 16-1996-CF-5225- A, in the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

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

____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________