22 So.3d 623 (2009)
Donnie WILLIAMS, Petitioner,
No. 1D09-0505.
Donnie WILLIAMS, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D09-0505.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
October 6, 2009. Rehearing Denied December 3, 2009.Donnie Williams, pro se, Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Anne C. Conley, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is denied on the merits.
HAWKES, C.J., BARFIELD and BENTON, JJ., concur.