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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 6D2024-2639 Lower Tribunal No. 2014-CF-000480 _____________________________ SYLVESTER NATHANIEL SMITH, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Jalal A. Harb, Judge. September 18, 2026 PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See, e.g., Maye v. State, 51 Fla. L. Weekly S116, 2026 WL 1346031, at *1 (Fla. May 14, 2026) (holding that Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) “is not the proper vehicle for raising a claim of error under Apprendi [v. New Jersey, 530 U.S. 466 (2000),] and its progeny”); Wainwright v. State, 411 So. 3d 392, 399 & n.13 (Fla.) (“[E]ven if Erlinger [v. United States, 602 U.S. 821 (2024),] constitutes a change of law, it does not apply retroactively. . . . Although we conduct a state-law analysis, we conclude that Erlinger also does not apply retroactively based on federal law.”), cert. denied sub nom., Wainwright v. Florida, 145 S. Ct. 2789 (2025). MIZE, KAMOUTSAS and PRATT, JJ., concur. Sylvester Nathaniel Smith, Arcadia, pro se. James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Frances Muir, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee. NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF TIMELY FILED 2