FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D2025-2362 LT Case No. 16-1996-CF-13920-B _____________________________ BRAD ANTONIO BATES, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition for Belated Appeal.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

W. Charles Fletcher, of Law Office of W. Charles Fletcher, Jacksonville, for Petitioner.

No Appearance for Respondent.

August 22, 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 17, 2024 order denying defendant’s motion for postconviction relief rendered in Case No. 16-1996-CF-13920-B, in the Circuit Court in and for Duval County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

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