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Cite as 2009 Ark. 574 SUPREME COURT OF ARKANSAS No. CR-09-1086 Opinion Delivered November 12, 2009 ROBERT GREEN, JR. PRO SE PETITION FOR REVIEW PETITIONER [CIRCUIT COURT OF DESHA COUNTY, NO. CR 2007-121, HON. SAMUEL POPE, JUDGE] V. STATE OF ARKANSAS PETITION DISMISSED. RESPONDENT PER CURIAM Petitioner Robert Green, Jr., was found guilty by a jury of delivery of a controlled substance and sentenced to 600 months imprisonment. The Arkansas Court of Appeals affirmed. Green v. State, 2009 Ark. App. 589. Now before us is petitioner Greens pro se petition for review of the decision of the court of appeals. We do not reach the merits of the petition because petitioner filed the petition proceeding pro se, even though he was represented by counsel on appeal. We do not allow a petitioner to substitute his judgment concerning whether and how to request a petition for review for that of his attorney. George v. State, 2009 Ark. 444 (per curiam); Brewer v. State, 371 Ark. 532, 268 S.W.3d 332 (2007) (per curiam). Accordingly, the petition is dismissed. Petition dismissed.
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