State v. James R. Ward

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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 STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellant/Cross-Appellee, v. Case No. 5D16-694 JAMES ROBERT WARD, Appellee/Cross-Appellant. ________________________________/ Opinion filed June 16, 2017 3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Orange County, Jenifer M. Harris, Judge. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Roark Wall, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Sean M. Ellsworth, of Ellsworth Law Firm, P.A., Miami Beach, and Eric O. Bravin, pro hac vice, New York University School of Law, New York, New York, for Appellee/ Cross-Appellant. PER CURIAM. The trial court’s order granting Appellee/Cross-Appellant’s motion for postconviction relief is supported by the record and, accordingly, we affirm. As a result, the issues raised on cross-appeal are rendered moot. APPEAL AFFIRMED; CROSS-APPEAL DISMISSED AS MOOT. ORFINGER, EVANDER and LAMBERT, JJ., concur.

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