John Jay Lacey vs State of Florida

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FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D19-2062 _____________________________ JOHN JAY LACEY, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________ Petition for Belated Appeal—Original Jurisdiction. August 29, 2019 PER CURIAM. Because Petitioner filed his amended petition for a belated, direct appeal more than four years after his 2014 conviction and sentence became final, the amended petition is hereby dismissed as untimely. See Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(c)(5) (“In no case shall a petition for belated appeal be filed more than 4 years after the expiration of time for filing the notice of appeal.”). DISMISSED. ROBERTS, WINOKUR, and M.K. THOMAS, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________ John Jay Lacey, pro se, Petitioner. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent. 2

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