FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-0505 LT Case Nos. 54-2021-CF-35-A 54-2021-CF-177-A _____________________________ RAYMOND D. WHITMORE, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Raymond D. Whitmore, Monticello, pro se.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah A.

Chance, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

March 21, 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 October 24, 2024 order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case Nos. 54-2021-CF-35-A and 54-2021-CF-177-A, in the Circuit Court in and for Putnam County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

WALLIS, HARRIS, and PRATT, JJ., concur.

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