FIFTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ Case No. 5D23-2683 LT Case No. 2020-301456-CFDB _____________________________ DONALD JODY TOMLINSON, Petitioner, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Respondent. _____________________________

Petition Alleging Ineffectiveness of Appellate Counsel.

A Case of Original Jurisdiction.

Donald Jody Tomlinson, Wewahitchka, pro se.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kristen L.

Davenport, Daytona Beach, for Respondent.

February 14, 2024

PER CURIAM.

The petition is denied on the merits. See Topps v. State, 865 So. 2d 1253, 1258 (Fla. 2004).

MAKAR, LAMBERT, and MACIVER, JJ., concur. _____________________________ Not final until disposition of any timely and authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or 9.331. _____________________________