WILLIE WATTS vs STATE OF FLORIDA AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

Opinion

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED WILLIE WATTS,

Petitioner,

v. Case No. 5D23-1528 LT Case No. 2022-31007-CICI

STATE OF FLORIDA AND DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS,

Respondents.

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Opinion filed July 14, 2023

Petition for Belated Appeal, A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Willie Watts, Daytona Beach, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General Tallahassee, and, Caitlin Wilcox, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Respondent, Department of Corrections.

No Appearance for Other Respondent. 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 15, 2022 order denying petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in

Case No. 2022-31007-CICI, Volusia County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

EDWARDS, C.J., HARRIS and PRATT, JJ., concur.