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n o c o n v i cti on and that the Flori da char ges ref err ed to we re dis mi ss ed. Furt her cro ss

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tim e t o r eview it w as inad equat e o r wa s les s than the 35 d ays pr ovide d by Rule 32( e)( 2).

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