PER CURIAM.
The petitioner's appointed appellate counsel, who also represented him at trial, filed a timely notice of appeal on his behalf but then failed to respond timely to this court's order directing the appellant either to pay the filing fee or to file a circuit court clerk's determination of indigency status. As a result, the petitioner's direct appeal, case number 4D09-4240, was dismissed. This alone constitutes ineffective assistance of appellate counsel...
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