Williams v. State

Full title: Justin Williams, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court: Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Apr 29, 2020

305 So. 3d 614 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

No. 3D19-2321

04-29-2020

Justin WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Rier Jordan P.A., Miami, and Jonathan E. Jordan, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Rier Jordan P.A., Miami, and Jonathan E. Jordan, for appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and GORDO, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Pedroza v. State, No. SC18-964, 291 So.3d 541, 548 (Fla. Mar. 12, 2020) ("[A] juvenile offender's sentence does not implicate Graham[ v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010) ], and therefore Miller [v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) ], unless it meets the threshold requirement of being a life sentence or the functional equivalent of a life sentence." (citing Morris v. State, 246 So. 3d 244, 245–46 (Fla. 2018) (Lawson, J., dissenting))).