
    Jermaine CLARINGTON, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    No. 97-1967.
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
    July 23, 1997.
    Rehearing Denied Sept. 10, 1997.
    Jermaine Clarington, in pro. per.
    Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, for respondent.
    Before SCHWARTZ, C.J., and JORGENSON and LEVY, JJ.
   PER CURIAM.

The application for habeas corpus relief to afford a belated appeal from the denial of a motion for 3.850 relief is granted. Upon consideration pursuant to Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.140(i), the order in question, dated January 2, 1997, is affirmed on the merits. Clarington v. State, 636 So.2d 860 (Fla. 3d DCA 1994), review denied, 648 So.2d 721 (Fla.1994); see Ancrum v. State, 681 So.2d 287 (Fla. 3d DCA 1996).  