IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA EARL L. RICHARDSON, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Petitioner, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D15-1859 STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ___________________________/ Opinion filed March 2, 2016.

Petition for Belated Appeal -- Original Jurisdiction.

Earl L. Richardson, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We treat the petition for belated appeal as a petition for writ of certiorari. The petition is denied on the merits.

WETHERELL, RAY, and OSTERHAUS, JJ., CONCUR.