
28 So.3d 894 (2009)
Gary Eugene DOUGHTON, Petitioner,
v.
STATE of Florida, Respondent.
No. 1D09-1989.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
May 15, 2009.
Rehearing Denied February 19, 2010.
Gary Eugene Doughton, pro se, Petitioner.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.
PER CURIAM.
The petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel is denied on the merits.
KAHN, THOMAS, and ROBERTS, JJ., concur.
