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APPENDIX A
MAND A T EFrom
DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF FLORIDA
FIRST DISTRICT
To the Honorable Judges of the Circuit Court for Duval County
WHEREAS, in the certain cause filed in this Court styled:
CARROD MELVIN JAMES Case No : 1D12-0370
v. Lower Tribunal Case No : 2011-6691 CFA
STATE OF FLORIDA
The attached opinion was issued on May 20, 2013.
YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED that further proceedings, if required, be had in
accordance with said opinion, the rules of Court, and the laws of the State of Florida.
WITNESS the Honorable Robert T. Benton, II, Chief Judge
of the District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District,
and the Seal of said Court done at Tallahassee, Florida,
on this 5th day of June 2013.CpURT9p
N S. WHEELER, ClerkDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida, First District
OF VL