ASHLEY CLAYTON vs STATE OF FLORIDA

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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 ASHLEY CLAYTON, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Case No. 5D20-1883 LT Case Nos. 2018-CF-43 2018-CF-152 Appellee. __________________________/ Decision filed November 12, 2021 Appeal from the Circuit Court for Hernando County, Stephen E. Toner, Jr., Judge. Matthew J. Metz, Public Defender, Craig R. Atack and George D.E. Burden, Assistant Public Defenders, Daytona Beach, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Richard A Pallas, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee. PER CURIAM. Ashley Clayton entered a no-contest plea which resulted in the trial court designating her a habitual felony offender. She has not filed a motion to withdraw her plea. In this Anders 1 appeal, we affirm the trial court’s judgments and sentences without prejudice for her to challenge the voluntariness of her plea via motion for postconviction relief if she can do so in good faith. See Leonard v. State, 760 So. 2d 114, 119 (Fla. 2000); Kendrick v. State, 204 So. 3d 486, 486 (Fla. 5th DCA 2016). AFFIRMED. COHEN, TRAVER and WOZNIAK, JJ., concur. 1 Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967). 2

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