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Willie James JONES, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.
    Case No. 5D18-2953
    District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.
    Opinion filed March 15, 2019
    Willie James Jones, Lake Butler, pro se.
    Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and, Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee
   PER CURIAM.

Willie Jones petitions for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging, inter alia, that his appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to appeal the denial of his motion for judgment of acquittal. We grant the writ. Pursuant to our decision in Clay v. State , 226 So.3d 346 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017), the motion for judgment of acquittal was meritorious.

Because a second appeal would be redundant, we remand for the trial court to enter a judgment of acquittal. See Delgado v. State , 174 So.3d 1071, 1074 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015) ("Because a new appeal would be redundant, we remand with directions for the trial court to vacate Delgado's judgment and sentence ... on count two.")

PETITION GRANTED; REMANDED with instructions.

EVANDER, C.J., GROSSHANS and SASSO, JJ., concur.