
    Howard DOZIER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    Case No. 5D17-0850
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Opinion filed April 28, 2017
    Howard Dozier, Punta Gorda, pro se.
    Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General Tallahassee, and, Carmen F. Corrente, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for 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 August 10, 2016 order dismissing Petitioner’s pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in Case No. 2016-CA-5941 (1975-CF-00748), in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court in and for Orange County, Florida. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(6)(D).

PETITION GRANTED.

TORPY, EVANDER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.  