22 So.3d 693 (2009)
Crispen HART, Petitioner,
No. 1D09-2582.
Crispen HART, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D09-2582.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
November 9, 2009.*694 Crispen Hart, pro se, Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, and Natalie D. Kirk, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is denied on the merits.
VAN NORTWICK, PADOVANO, JJ., and BROWNING, JR., EDWIN B., Senior Judge, concur.