IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL FIRST DISTRICT, STATE OF FLORIDA KEITH D. BURKS, NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND Petitioner, DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED v. CASE NO. 1D16-2901 STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. ___________________________/

Opinion filed September 13, 2017.

Petition Alleging Ineffective Assistance of Appellate Counsel – Original Jurisdiction.

Keith D. Burks, pro se, Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Julian E. Markham, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

DENIED. See Bell v. State, 787 So. 2d 120 (Fla. 2d DCA 2001) (denying petition alleging ineffective assistance of appellate counsel without prejudice to appellant’s right to file a rule 3.800(a) motion challenging his sentence in the trial court).

RAY, MAKAR, and WINSOR, JJ., CONCUR.