Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida Opinion filed August 28, 2024.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

________________ No. 3D24-1210 Lower Tribunal No. F82-26408A ________________

Reginald Wright, Petitioner, vs. The State of Florida, Respondent.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction – Habeas Corpus.

Reginald Wright, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Christina L. Dominguez, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Before LOGUE, C.J., and LINDSEY and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Denied. See Frances v. State, 143 So. 3d 340, 357 (Fla. 2014) (explaining that “the failure of appellate counsel to raise [a] meritless issue will not render appellate counsel’s performance ineffective” (citing Rutherford v. Moore, 774 So. 2d 637, 643 (Fla. 2000))).