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...If the court finds that life imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence, such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a)....
...the court in accordance with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c). Ch. 2014-220, § 1, Laws of Fla. The session law also created section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2017), which provides, in pertinent part: (2)(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
...The court subsequently held a resentencing hearing on the first-degree murder conviction pursuant to section
921.1401, Florida Statutes (2016), and again sentenced Williams to life imprisonment, but with a sentence review in twenty-five years, as required by section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2016)....
...If the court finds that life imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence, such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a)....
...court in accordance with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an appropriate sentence. A person who *288 is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c)....
...attempted to kill the victim results in a minimum sentence of forty years' imprisonment under subsection (1)(b)1. Without this finding, the trial court is not required to impose a minimum sentence. See §
775.082(1)(b) 2., Fla. Stat. Further, under section
921.1402, a finding of actual killing, intent to kill, or attempt to kill entitles a juvenile offender to a sentence review in twenty-five years, whereas without the finding, the juvenile offender is entitled to a sentence review in fifteen years (provided the trial court imposes a sentence greater than fifteen years). §
921.1402(2)(a), (c), Fla....
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...United States Constitution as delineated by the United States Supreme Court in
Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010), Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012),
and Virginia v. LeBlanc,
137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017). Therefore, such juvenile
offenders are not entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
BACKGROUND
Budry Michel was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed
kidnapping, and attempted armed robbery in the shooting death of Lynette Grames
and robbery of Adnan Shafi Dada....
...parole after 25 years under Florida’s parole system do not violate “Graham’s
requirement that juveniles . . . have a meaningful opportunity to receive parole.”
LeBlanc,
137 S. Ct. at 1729. Therefore, such juvenile offenders are not entitled to
resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...discretion to impose a term of years sentence as low as forty years’ imprisonment.
See §
775.082(1)(b)1., Fla. Stat. (2017). Moreover, and importantly, Atwell would
be entitled to review of his sentence after twenty-five years’ imprisonment. See
§
921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
...Atwell’s sentence review hearing would be
presided over by a trial judge, and would include his presence with an attorney,
and the ability to present pertinent information to prove his entitlement to release
based on maturity and rehabilitation. Id. § 921.1402 (5)-(6).
Michel, by contrast, will remain sentenced to life in prison, being entitled to
review of his sentence after twenty-five years, at a hearing presided over by the
parole commission....
...2014) (observing that this Court has, “prior to any directly applicable
5. I would strongly urge the Legislature to look at the implications of the
plurality’s decision to determine whether amendments are warranted to chapter
2014-220, sections 2-3, Laws of Florida. See §§
921.1401,
921.1402, Fla....
...[and] [i]n this jurisdiction, sentencing is a
joint exercise by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.” James, 59 A.3d
at 1238. Following Miller, the Florida Legislature created a new and separate
system of judicial review, specific to juveniles. See § 921.1402, Fla....
...eview of their
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sentences at twenty-five years. See §
775.082(1)(b)1., Fla. Stat. (2017). This
judicial review includes a hearing, where the juvenile is “entitled to be represented
by counsel.” §
921.1402(5), Fla. Stat. (2017). Additionally, a trial court will
determine whether the juvenile is entitled to resentencing or early release. Id.
§
921.1402(6)....
...physical, or emotional abuse before he or she committed the offense.
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(i) The results of any mental health assessment, risk
assessment, or evaluation of the juvenile offender as to rehabilitation.
Id. § 921.1402(6)....
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...er. See Atwell v. State,
128 So.3d 167, 169 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). We remand this case for resentenc-ing on the first-degree murder count in conformance with chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, which has been codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the *1043 Florida Statutes....
...of the victim or the victim’s next of kin concerning .the release of the juvenile offender from prison, and whether the juvenile offender remains at the same level of risk to society as he or she did at the time of the initial sentencing. But see § 921.1402(2)(a),: Fla....
...for evaluation, specifically tailored to juveniles and-based on the Miller factors. Id. Also, at the judicial sentence review hearing tinder chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, the trial court is required to consider the enumerated Miller' factors of section 921.1402(6), Florida Statutes,' along with any other factor it deems appropriate to review the juvenile’s sentence. See § 921.1402(6), Fla....
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...Hall’s
scoresheet indicated a lowest permissible sentence of 369.15
months in prison and a statutory maximum sentence of life in
prison. He was sentenced to fifty-five years in prison, to be followed
by life on probation, with a chance for judicial review after fifteen
years pursuant to section 921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014).
II.
In reviewing a trial court’s ruling on a motion to suppress,
"[t]he standard of review for the trial judge's factual findings is
whether competent substantial ev...
...defendant to any term between the lowest permissible sentence
and the statutory maximum. Furthermore, in response to Graham
and Miller, the Florida Legislature adopted chapter 2014-220,
Laws of Florida, which has been codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, of the Florida Statutes....
...ence that was less than
life in prison but well beyond the 369.15-month lowest permissible
sentence. Finally, as noted, the trial court entered an order that
Hall would be eligible for review of his sentence after fifteen years
in prison pursuant to section 921.1402(c), Florida Statutes. At that
time, the trial court will once again take into account Hall’s “age,
maturity, and psychological development at the time of the
offense” when deciding whether to modify the sentence and allow
Hall’s early release. See § 921.1402(6)(f), Fla....
...the court from considering Hall’s youth. Cf. Montgomery v. State,
230 So. 3d 1256 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017) (twenty-five year mandatory
minimum sentence imposed on juvenile defendant for discharging
firearm not unconstitutional if the defendant is granted judicial
review provided by section
921.1402 after twenty years).
IV.
Given the facts of this case, we conclude based on the totality
of the circumstances that the record supports the trial court’s
determination that Hall knowingly and intelligently waived his
constitutional rights....
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...He now asks this Court to vacate those sentences and remand for resentencing under section
775.082(3)(c), Florida Statutes, in light of the Florida Supreme Court’s recent decision in Henry v. State,
175 So.3d 675 (2015), so that he may benefit from the new sentence review mechanism of sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...statute to a Gra- /iam-eligible defendant, he is not entitled to the benefit of the new sentence review statute because his previous convictions for another separate armed robbery and conspiracy to commit armed robbery disen-title him to relief. See § 921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
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...v. Kentucky ], 492 U.S. [361] at 395,
109 S.Ct. 2969 [
106 L.Ed.2d 306 (1989) ])). The Henry Court ordered the case to be' remanded for resentencing in accordance with Florida’s 2014 juvenile sentencing legislation codified in sections
775.082 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...921.1401 and finds that life imprisonment or a term of years equal to life imprisonment is an appropriate sentence. ' A person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 20 years is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(d). Section 921.1402(2)(d), provides: Review of sentences for persons convicted of specified offenses while under the age of 18 years....
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....”
175 So.3d at 673. In both Henry and Gridine , the Florida Supreme Court held that the defendants should be resentenced under the sentencing provisions enacted in Chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, and codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes....
...1st DCA 2015), petition for discretionary review pending, No. SC15-1325 (Fla.2015), *549 the court held that a 25-year mandatory minimum sentence was not a de facto life sentence without parole in violation of Graham. Id. at 251-52 . Further, the Abrakata court refused to retroactively apply section 921.1402, which by its terms applies to offenses committed on or after July 1, 2014. Id. at 252 (“[Ajbsent a violation of Graham , there is no legal basis to retroactively apply section 921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case.”)....
...0 years are entitled to sentence review. §
775.082(3)(c). During sentencing review, the court is permitted to modify the sentence. Such juveniles are entitled to review after 20 years and, if not resen-tenced, again 10 years after the first review. §
921.1402(2)(d)....
...kill, or attempted to kill the victim. For example, in Appellant’s situation, because he attempted to kill the victim, he would be entitled to sentence review after 25 years *551 if this new statute applied to his sentence. §§
775.082(3)(a)5.a,
921.1402(2)(b). Importantly, however, the Legislature has expressly provided that these sentence review provisions apply only to juvenile non-homicide offenders who committed their offenses on or after July 1, 2014. §
921.1402(1), Fla....
...On the other hand, the First' District Court of Appeal in Abrakata refused to retroactively apply the sentence review provisions to non-homicide offenses committed after July 1, 2014.
168 So.3d at 252 . “[A]bsent a violation of Graham , there is no legal basis to retroactively ap *552 ply section
921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case.” Id....
CopyCited 2 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2015 Fla. App. LEXIS 9302, 2015 WL 3777704
...1 Appellant committed this offense in 2011 when he was 17 years old. Appellant raises three issues in this direct appeal. First, he contends that his judgment and sentence should be amended to reflect that he is entitled to a review of his sentence after 15 years under section 921.1402(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2014)....
...does not amount to a life without parole sentence even though the juvenile will be in his late sixties when he is released from prison). We affirm the first issue because, absent a violation of Graham , there is no legal basis to retroactively apply section 921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case....
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...The defendant challenges an order denying his rule 3.800 motion for
resentencing on two consecutive sentences in separate and unrelated
cases, a non-homicide and a homicide. The defendant argues that his
combined term of sixty-five years violates section 921.1402 of the Florida
Statutes (2018)....
...sentencing them to a lifetime in prison.” Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460,
480 (2012).
In response to Graham and Miller, the Florida Legislature enacted
chapter 2014–220, Laws of Florida, which has been codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...would have taken place in 2010 for the non-homicide offense. However,
he completed that term in 2003, and began to serve the homicide sentence.
For the homicide offense, the statutory review would have taken place
in 2016, twenty five years after the 1991 sentence. § 921.1402, Fla....
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...at 2469.
Even in a discretionary sentencing scheme, the sentencing court’s exercise
of discretion before imposing a life sentence must be informed by consideration of
the juvenile offender’s “youth and its attendant circumstances” as articulated in
OUTLINED IN SECTIONS
775.082,
921.1401, AND
921.1402
FLORIDA STATUTES (2014), TO JUVENILES CONVICTED OF
SECOND-DEGREE MURDER AND SENTENCED TO A NON-
MANDATORY SENTENCE OF LIFE IN PRISON BEFORE THE
EFFECTIVE DATE OF CHAPTER 2014-220, LAWS OF FLORIDA?
Landrum, 163 So....
...3d 954 (Fla. 2015), Laisha
Landrum, a sixteen year old convicted of the lesser offense of second-degree
murder, must also be resentenced and given opportunity for judicial review of that
sentence at the statutorily mandated period of twenty-five years. See §
921.1402(2)(b), Fla. Stat. (2014).
We therefore quash the Second District’s decision and remand this case for
resentencing in conformance with sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the
Florida Statutes, and disapprove Lightsey v....
...For those offenders in
this category who “did not actually kill, intend to kill, or attempt to kill,”
the subsequent judicial review is available for a sentence of more than
fifteen years.
Id. at 404 (internal citations omitted). See §§
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402,
Fla....
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(i) The effect, if any, of characteristics attributable to the defendant’s
youth on the defendant’s judgment.
(j) The possibility of rehabilitating the defendant.
§
921.1401(2), Fla. Stat. (2014). Section
921.1402 additionally provides the
relevant factors a court should consider during a “sentence review hearing to
determine whether the juvenile offender’s sentence should be modified.”
§
921.1402(6), Fla. Stat. (2014). One of those factors is “Whether the juvenile
offender’s age, maturity, and psychological development at the time of the offense
affected his or her behavior.” §
921.1402(6)(f), Fla....
...This sentencing legislation was “designed to
bring Florida’s juvenile sentencing statutes into compliance with the United States
Supreme Court’s recent Eighth Amendment juvenile sentencing jurisprudence.”
Horsley,
160 So. 3d at 39; §§
775.082,
921.1401,
921.1402, Fla....
...4th DCA 2014), and Starks v.
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State,
128 So. 3d 91 (Fla. 2d DCA 2013), to the extent that they are inconsistent
with this opinion. We remand for resentencing in accordance with sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statues (2014).
It is so ordered.
LABARGA, C.J., and LEWIS, QUINCE, CANADY, and PERRY, JJ., concur.
POLSTON, J., concurs in result.
NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE REHEARING MOTION, AND
IF FILED, DETERMINED.
Applicati...
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...In 2014, however, the Florida Legislature enacted new statutes for sentencing juveniles convicted as adults. Ch. 2014-220, Laws of Fla. Pursuant to section
921.1401, Florida Statutes (2016), a trial court may sentence a juvenile to life imprisonment for a non-homicide offense after considering various factors. Pursuant to section
921.1402, a juvenile sentenced to life (or beyond certain thresholds) is entitled to sentence review by the judge after a specified period....
...t. (j) The possibility of rehabilitating the defendant. §
921.1401(2), Fla. Stat. (2016). If sentenced to life for non-homicide offenses, petitioner’s sentence would *268 be subject to review after 20 years and, if necessary, 10 years thereafter. §
921.1402(d)....
...He argues that Treaey has not been abrogated by the change in sentencing law and that, although a life sentence is possible and might ultimately be imposed, this does not mean that he can be held without bond. He argues that, although the legislature enacted sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 to satisfy the requirements of Graham, Treaey remains valid law because he cannot be sentenced to life without a full sentencing hearing....
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...However, we agree with Wirth that he was sentenced to life for the robbery count without his sentence providing for a méan-ingful opportunity to obtain release in contravention of Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48, 75 ,
130 S.Ct. 2011 ,
176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), and section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2016)....
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of Mr. Copeland’s sentence after 25 years. See §
921.1402(2)(a), Fla. Stat. After sentencing, Mr
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...pursuant to chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida (which is codified
in section
921.1401, Florida Statutes). Indeed, the Court in Kelsey
v. State,
206 So. 3d 5, 11 (Fla. 2016), held that in the Graham
resentencing context, a defendant’s 45-year sentence without the
benefit of review under section
921.1402 was illegal because “the
Legislature has determined that the ‘means and mechanisms for
compliance’ with Graham are to provide judicial review for
juvenile offenders” who are sentenced to lengthy terms of years.
This holding was applied to a sentence of 40 years incarceration in
Lee v....
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...murder in the mid-1990s, when Miller became the law, Florida needed to revise its laws
for future cases. The revisions were made during the 2014 legislative session. Ch. 14-
220, § 3 at 2873, Laws of Fla. The bulk of those revisions are now codified as sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014)....
...physical, or emotional abuse before he or she committed the
offense.
(i) The results of any mental health assessment, risk
assessment, or evaluation of the juvenile offender as to
rehabilitation.
§ 921.1402(6), Fla....
...develop and implement objective parole guidelines as the criteria on which parole
decisions are made. Our record does not reflect whether the guidelines applicable at
the time of Mr. Howard's last hearing included criteria comparable to those now used by
circuit courts under section 921.1402.1 If the objective parole guidelines were deficient
in this manner, then Mr....
...Howard may stand out for his exceptional record in
prison, he is likely to be one of a number of prisoners who have been denied parole
while serving sentences of life with the possibility of parole under guidelines that did not
1
It should be noted that the twenty-five-year review under section
921.1402 is not available for certain prisoners who had already committed serious
offenses before they committed murder. See 921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
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those statutes. Ch. 2014-220 (title); see also §
921.1402, Fla. Stat. (2015) (“Review of sentences for
CopyCited 1 times | Published | Florida 1st District Court of Appeal | 2016 WL 1621080, 2016 Fla. App. LEXIS 6249
...Furthermore, because Appellant’s sentence is both legal and constitutional, as it is not a de facto life sentence, we must respectfully disagree with the concurring opinion, as Appellant is not entitled to resentencing under - sections
775.082(3)(c) and
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes....
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...itutional
actors like the Public Defender—to remain mindful of the formal
requirements governing withdrawal.
OPINION
Mr. Burton appeals from the postconviction court's decision not to
modify his sentence under section 921.1402, Florida Statutes (2023),
following his 1995 convictions for first-degree murder and armed
robbery....
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agree with the state’s concession of error. See §
921.1402(2)(c), Fla. Stat. (2022) (“A juvenile offender
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...-2-
the parties have agreed that life imprisonment, or a term of years equal to life
imprisonment, will not be sought. Next, we divide subdivision (c) (Findings) into
new subdivisions (c)(1)-(c)(3). Subdivision (c)(1) adds a reference to section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes....
...In regard to the sentence pertaining to capital
cases, the sentence is deleted and rewritten as (c)(2) so that it is not so broad, to
make clear that a defendant who is convicted of premeditated murder is not entitled
to a sentencing review proceeding if the defendant was previously convicted of an
offense enumerated in section 921.1402(2)(a)....
...relevant factors have been reviewed and considered by the court prior to imposing
a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of years equal to life imprisonment. The
court shall make written findings as to whether the defendant is eligible for a
sentence review hearing under sections
921.1402(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c), Florida
Statutes, based on whether the defendant killed, attempted to kill, or intended to
kill the victim.
In capital cases, the court’s determination of whether the defendant is
eligible for a sentence review hearing is based further on whether the defendant has
a previous conviction for one of the enumerated offenses or conspiracy to commit
one of the enumerated offenses found in section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes.
(2) A defendant who is convicted of an offense punishable under
section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida Statutes, shall not be eligible for a sentence review
hearing if the trial court finds that the defendant has previously been convicted of
one of the enumerated offenses, or conspiracy to commit one of the enumerated
offenses, found in section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes.
(3) A copy of the written findings shall be made a part of the
commitment packet for the Department of Corrections.
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RULE 3.802....
...(5) if the application is being filed by a juvenile offender sentenced
to life pursuant to section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida Statutes, a statement certifying
that the applicant has not been previously convicted of one of the offenses
enumerated in sections
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10., Florida Statutes, or conspiracy
to commit one of offenses enumerated in sections
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10.,
Florida Statutes, in a separate criminal transaction or episode than that which
resulted in the sentence under section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida Statutes.
(d) Procedure; Evidentiary Hearing; Disposition....
...sentence should be modified.
The juvenile offender is entitled to be represented by counsel at the review hearing.
If the application, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the
applicant does not qualify as a juvenile offender under section 921.1402(1), Florida
Statutes, or that the application is premature, the court may deny the application
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without a hearing, and shall attach such documents to the order....
...o reenter society, the court shall issue a
written order stating the reasons why the sentence is not being modified.
(e) – (f) [No change]
(g) Right to Counsel. A juvenile offender who is eligible for a sentence
review hearing under section 921.1402(5), Florida Statutes, is entitled to be
represented by counsel, and the court shall appoint a public defender to represent
the juvenile offender if the juvenile offender cannot afford an attorney.
RULE 9.141....
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...extensive criminal history, the escalating nature of his criminal
conduct, and his high risk of reoffending.
Before pronouncing sentence, the trial court asked the parties
whether Parrish’s sentence should be subject to judicial review
after twenty years, pursuant to section 921.1402(2)(d), Florida
Statutes....
...Parrish argued in his motion that because he was under eighteen
years old when he committed sexual battery, because sexual
battery is a life felony, and because he was sentenced to more than
twenty years imprisonment, that he is eligible for judicial review
after twenty years under section 921.1402(2)(d)....
...convicted of a life felony. See §
958.04(1)(c), Fla. Stat.
2
II
Regarding the motion to correct sentencing error, it appears
to us that Parrish does meet the requirements of section
921.1402(2)(d), which entitles him to a review of his sentence after
twenty years. However, we see no requirement that the court,
when sentencing an offender, is required to pronounce the
offender’s entitlement to a sentence review pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d). Nor is the sentencing court required to indicate
these facts on the sentencing order. 2,3
Rather, section
921.1402(3) places the requirement to notify
Parrish of his eligibility for a sentence review on the Department
of Corrections: “The Department of Corrections shall notify a
juvenile offender of his or her eligibility to request a sentence
review hearing 18 months before the juvenile offender is entitled
to a sentence review hearing under this section.” And section
921.1402(4) places the burden of seeking judicial review on the
offender once notified: “A juvenile offender seeking sentence
review pursuant to subsection (2) must submit an application to
the court of original jurisdiction requesting that a sentence review
hearing be held.” The sentencing court’s responsibility, on the
other hand, is set forth in section
921.1402(6) and is triggered upon
receiving an application for judicial review: “Upon receiving an
2 This would not be the case for an offender convicted of
murder, under section
782.04, Florida Statutes, committed before
the age of eighteen....
...For such offenders, the court is required to
make written findings indicating whether the offender actually
killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill the victim. This finding
determines the length of time before the offender is eligible for a
sentence review. See §§
775.082(1)(b)3., (3)(a)5.c., (3)(b)2.c.;
921.1402(2)(a)–(c), Fla. Stat. No such finding is required for
offenders convicted of any crime other than murder. See
§§
775.082(3)(c),
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
...application from an eligible juvenile offender, the court of original
sentencing jurisdiction shall hold a sentence review hearing to
determine whether the juvenile offender’s sentence should be
modified.”
Because the trial court had no affirmative duty under section
921.1402 to notify Parrish at sentencing of his eligibility for
judicial review, Parrish has not established a sentencing error that
the court was required to correct.
III
Regarding Parrish’s claim tha...
...App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
_____________________________
BILBREY, J., concurring.
I concur in the majority decision. I agree that Appellant is
entitled to a sentence review after twenty years. See §§
775.082(3)(c),
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
...to pronounce eligibility at sentencing and include such eligibility
in the commitment documents provided to the Department of
Corrections. The Department must notify juvenile offenders of
their eligibility for a sentence review eighteen months before
entitlement. § 921.1402(3), Fla....
...in writing.
Additionally, juvenile offenders may be more likely to
undertake rehabilitation, express remorse, and complete
education and training programs while in prison if they know of
the possibility of a reduced sentence in the future. See §
921.1402(6)(a), (6)(e), (6)(g) (listing certain factors to be considered
during a sentence review hearing)....
...But the rule did not require
written findings of sentence review eligibility for Appellant. The
second sentence of rule 3.781(c)(1) states, “The court shall make
written findings as to whether the juvenile offender is eligible for
a sentence review hearing under sections
921.1402(2)(a), 2(b), or
2(c), Florida Statutes, based on whether the defendant killed,
attempted to kill, or intended to kill the victim.” Those three
subsections of section
921.1402 cross reference subsections of
section
775.082 which concern only juvenile offenders who commit
murder or felony murder of varying degrees. Section
921.1402(2)(d), not mentioned in the rule, cross references section
782.082(3)(c) which applies to a juvenile offender like Appellant
who commits a nonhomicide life felony or first degree felony
punishable by life....
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...State,
181 So. 3d 452, 453 (Fla. 2015),
and he was resentenced to two life terms and two forty-year terms under section
775.082(1)(b)(1), Florida Statutes (2016), with the proviso that he could petition the
court for review after twenty-five years under section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes
(2016)....
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application of the sentence review procedures under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes. Based on our precedent
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...at 75 (emphasis added).
In response to Graham, our Legislature amended three statutory sections
concerning juvenile sentencing, effective on July 1, 2014. See ch. 2014-220, Laws of Fla.1
1 Now codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401,
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014).
2
The new juvenile sentencing framework does not prohibit lengthy term-of-years
sentences; rather, it establishes a review mechanism whereby the sentencing court can
modify the sentence based upon demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation....
...On the same date our supreme court issued Henry,
it determined that a juvenile's 70-year sentence likewise violated Graham. Gridine v.
State,
175 So. 3d 672, 674-75 (Fla. 2015). Accordingly, the court remanded for
resentencing with retroactive application of sections
775.082(3)(c),
921.1401, and
921.1402....
...Importantly, we do not suggest that the trial court cannot
sentence Appellant to 45 years' incarceration. Rather, the sentence imposed upon
remand must include the requirement that Appellant is entitled to review of his sentence
after serving 20 years. See § 921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...48 (2010).” Consistent with section
921.1401, and modified from the CPRC’s proposal, rule 3.781 applies to crimes
committed under the specified statutes “on or after July 1, 2014.”
The Court adopts new rule 3.802 (Review of Sentences for Juvenile
Offenders), which derives from the enactment of section
921.1402, Florida
Statutes. Chapter 2014-220, section 3, Laws of Florida, effective July 1, 2014,
created new section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, which provides for the review of
sentences for persons convicted of specified offenses committed while under the
age of 18 years....
...relevant factors have been reviewed and considered by the court prior to imposing
a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of years equal to life imprisonment. The
court shall make written findings as to whether the defendant is eligible for a
sentence review hearing under sections 921.1402(2)(b) or (2)(c), Florida Statutes,
based on whether the defendant killed, attempted to kill, or intended to kill the
victim.
In capital cases, the court’s determination of whether the defendant is
eligible for a sentence review hearing is based further on whether the defendant has
a previous conviction for one of the enumerated offenses or conspiracy to commit
one of the enumerated offenses found in section 921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes.
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A copy of the written findings shall be made a part of the commitment
packet for the Department of Corrections.
RULE 3.802. REVIEW OF SENTENCES FOR JUVENILE
OFFENDERS
(a) Application. A juvenile offender, as defined in section 921.1402(1),
Florida Statutes, may seek a modification of sentence pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, by submitting an application to the trial court
requesting a sentence review hearing.
(b) Time for Filing. An application for sentence review may not be filed
until the juvenile offender becomes eligible pursuant to section 921.1402(2),
Florida Statutes....
... (5) if the application is being filed by a juvenile offender sentenced
to life pursuant to section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida Statutes, a statement certifying
that the applicant has not been previously convicted of one of the offenses
enumerated in section
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10., Florida Statutes, or conspiracy
to commit one of offenses enumerated in section
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10.,
Florida Statutes, in a separate criminal transaction or episode than that which
resulted in the sentence under section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida Statutes.
(d) Procedure; Evidentiary Hearing; Disposition....
...sentence should be modified.
The juvenile offender is entitled to be represented by counsel at the review hearing.
If the application, files, and records in the case conclusively show that the
applicant does not qualify as a juvenile offender under section 921.1402(1), Florida
Statutes, or that the application is premature, the court may deny the application
without a hearing....
...(e) Successive Applications. A second or successive application shall be
denied without a hearing, except under the following circumstances:
(1) the initial application was denied as premature; or
(2) pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes, the initial
application was submitted by a juvenile offender sentenced to a term of 20 years or
more under section
775.082(3)(c), Florida Statutes, and more than 10 years has
elapsed since the initial sentence review hearing.
(f) Jurisdiction....
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...ace.
As to Counts 1, 2, 3 and 5, the sentencing documents shall, on remand, be
amended to reflect that Henry is entitled to a review of his sentence after serving twenty
years, not twenty years after the date of his initial sentencing. See § 921.1402(2)(d), Fla.
Stat....
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...dure
3.800(b)(2), seeking to be resentenced under the new law. The trial court denied Ejak's
request for a new sentencing hearing, but it granted the motion in part and amended
Ejak's sentence to provide for subsequent judicial review pursuant to section
921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2014)....
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...Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mark J. Hamel,
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
GERBER, C.J.
The defendant appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion
for review of sentence pursuant to section 921.1402, Florida Statutes
(2016). The defendant argues that neither the trial court’s oral
pronouncement denying the motion, nor the trial court’s written order
denying the motion, indicates that the court considered the factors
outlined under section 921.1402....
...attention after the trial court’s oral pronouncement and written order. The
state also argues that, if the defendant is left to pursue a fundamental
error argument, then no fundamental error exists because the record
indicates that the court considered the section 921.1402 factors in
denying the motion.
We agree with the state’s two arguments....
...In the written order, the trial court recited section
921.1401 as quoted above, and then expressly addressed each factor one-
by-one as applied to the evidence presented.
2
Two years later, the defendant filed a “Motion for Review of Sentence
Pursuant to Section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.” Section
921.1402 states,
in pertinent part:
(6) Upon receiving an application from an eligible juvenile
offender, the court of original sentencing jurisdiction shall
hold a sentence review hearing to determine whether the
juvenile offender’s sentence should be modified....
...(i) The results of any mental health assessment, risk
assessment, or evaluation of the juvenile offender as to
rehabilitation.
3
Upon receiving the motion, the trial court, consistent with section
921.1402, set a sentence review hearing. At the hearing, the defendant
presented evidence relevant to nearly all of the section 921.1402 factors.
During closing argument, defense counsel stated:
A lot of these [921.1402] factors [were] already considered
in the re-sentencing and the Court has already found these
factors and considered them....
...what he has done to
rehabilitate, and has to make a determination if, in fact, he
has been rehabilitated.
The trial court orally pronounced it was denying the motion for review.
The court’s oral pronouncement did not expressly mention section
921.1402 or its factors by number or name....
...I don’t want you to
misconstrue the fact that I don’t address and recognize the
positive steps that you’ve taken. But I just do not believe a
modification is appropriate right now.
The court then entered a written order denying the motion for review.
See § 921.1402(7), Fla....
...(2015) (“If the court determines that the
juvenile offender has not demonstrated rehabilitation or is not fit to reenter
society, the court shall issue a written order stating the reasons why the
sentence is not being modified.”) (emphasis added). Although the court’s
written order did not expressly mention section
921.1402 or its factors by
number or name, the court entitled its order as an “Order on Motion for
Review of Sentence.” The court’s order then stated, in pertinent part:
Defendant [] had a resentencing hearing in 2016 pursuant
to Florida Statutes
921.1401....
...Therefore, modification of the
Defendant’s sentence is not appropriate at this time.
After the trial court’s oral pronouncement, the defendant did not object
or seek to clarify whether the court based its denial on its consideration of
the section
921.1402 factors, or merely relied on its earlier evaluation of
the section
921.1401 factors. Similarly, after the court entered its written
order, the defendant did not file a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.800(b)(1) or 3.850(a)(1) motion seeking to clarify whether the trial court
based its denial on its consideration of the section
921.1402 factors, or
merely relied on its earlier evaluation of the section
921.1401 factors.
Instead, the defendant filed this appeal. The defendant argues that
neither the trial court’s oral pronouncement nor the trial court’s written
order indicates that the court considered the section
921.1402 factors.
Instead, the defendant argues, the trial court’s written order, incorporating
the earlier
921.1401 resentencing order, appears to indicate that the court
merely relied on its earlier evaluation of the section
921.1401 fact...
...attention after the trial court’s oral pronouncement and written order. The
state also argues that, if the defendant is left to pursue a fundamental
error argument, then no fundamental error exists because the record
indicates that the court considered the section 921.1402 factors in
denying the motion.
Our Review
We agree with the state’s two arguments....
...We address each in turn.
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First, the defendant’s argument was not preserved. After the trial
court’s oral pronouncement, the defendant did not object or seek to clarify
whether the trial court based its denial on its consideration of the section
921.1402 factors, or merely relied on its earlier evaluation of the section
921.1401 factors. Similarly, after the court entered its written order, the
defendant did not file a Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b) motion
seeking to clarify whether the trial court based its denial on its
consideration of the section
921.1402 factors, or merely relied on its earlier
evaluation of the section
921.1401 factors....
...2009) (fundamental error is “an error that goes to the
foundation of the case . . . and is equivalent to a denial of due process”)
(citations and internal quotation marks omitted). Nothing in the record
suggests that the trial court was confused or that the court did not
consider the section 921.1402 factors. On the contrary, the court’s oral
pronouncement alluded to some of the section 921.1402 factors:
[Y]ou’ve done all of these classes and you obviously are trying
to better yourself ....
...I don’t want you to
misconstrue the fact that I don’t address and recognize the
positive steps that you’ve taken. But I just do not believe a
modification is appropriate right now.
Similarly, the court’s written order also alluded to some of the section
921.1402 factors:
While it is apparent that the Defendant has made positive
strides while in prison ....
...ror at all.
Conclusion
With the benefit of appellate hindsight, we can say that this appeal may
have been avoided if the trial court’s written order denying the defendant’s
motion for review would have recited section 921.1402 as quoted above,
and then expressly addressed each factor one-by-one as applied to the
evidence presented. However, we also recognize that section 921.1402(7)’s
plain language (“[T]he court shall issue a written order stating the reasons
why the sentence is not being modified.”) does not require such detail.
Nevertheless, trial courts may wish to consider addressing each 921.1402
factor as a better practice to ensure the appearance of compliance with the
Legislature’s directives.
Affirmed.
LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of...
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...On all arguments raised, we affirm the sentences without further
discussion. However, we remand for three purposes.
First, we remand for entry of a written order providing for judicial review
of the defendant’s sentence after twenty years pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2018) (“A juvenile offender sentenced to
a term of 20 years or more under s....
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...Ejak filed a rule 3.800(b)(2) motion to correct sentencing error citing
Horsley and arguing that he was entitled to a new sentencing hearing in accordance
with the procedures outlined in chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, which are codified in
sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014). The trial court
granted the motion in part. As required by section
775.082(1)(b)(3), it made a written
finding that Ejak was eligible for a sentence review hearing under section
921.1402(2)(a)....
...ubsequent judicial review of their
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sentences, the trial court recognized this and, as required by section
775.082(1)(b)(3),
made a written finding that Ejak was eligible for sentence review under section
921.1402(2)....
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...Matias's sentencing documents that he was entitled to judicial review of
his sentences after twenty years.2 Section
775.082(3)(c), Florida Statutes (2017),
provides that "[a] person who is sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 20
years is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(d)"
if the offense was committed before the defendant was eighteen years old....
...t correctly found that Mr. Matias will be
entitled to review of his sentences because the sentences exceed twenty years in
prison: "The Court further finds that [t]he Defendant is entitled to judicial review of his
sentence pursuant to Fla. Stat. 921.1402." Nonetheless, the trial court found that it was
not required to delineate the right to such review in a written order, noting that section
921.1402(3), Florida Statutes (2015), "states that the Department of Corrections shall
notify the juvenile offender of his or her eligibility to request a sentence review hearing
18 months before the juvenile offender is entitled to a sentence review hearing....
...a sentence, as subsection (4) provides that the offender initiates the sentence review by
submitting an application to the trial court requesting that a sentence review hearing be
held. After receiving this application, it is mandatory for a trial court to conduct the
review. § 921.1402(6).
However, as noted by Mr. Matias, the problem in the present case is that
section 921.1402(1) specifically provides that it applies only to offenses that were
committed after July 1, 2014, and Mr. Matias's offenses were committed in 2002 and
2003. Therefore, based on a strict reading of section 921.1402, Mr....
...Matias's sentences comply with the dictates of section
775.082(3)(c) and Kelsey, we remand with directions to the trial court to amend the
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sentencing documents to provide that Mr. Matias is entitled to a judicial review hearing
pursuant to section
921.1402 after Mr....
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...differences counsel against irrevocably sentencing them to a lifetime in
prison.”
567 U.S. at 480.
In response to Graham and Miller, the Florida Legislature adopted
chapter 2014–220, Laws of Florida, which is primarily codified in sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes....
...g a potential
life sentence does not violate Graham or Miller so long as the juvenile was
afforded an individualized sentencing hearing pursuant to section
921.1401 and is later afforded periodic judicial review of his or her
sentence as provided in section
921.1402....
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...0(b)(2), arguing that he is a juvenile offender and entitled tó a juvenile sentencing hearing and judicial review hearing in accordance with the procedures outlined in chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, codified in sections 776.082, '921.1401, and' 921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014), for the attempted robbery, aggravated battery, and attempted felony murder convictions....
...The trial court agreed in part-, and ordered a new sentencing hearing for those three convictions. After the heai’ing, the State submitted a memorandum of law, conceding that Montgomery was entitled to a review of his sentence after twenty years pursuant to section 921.1402(2)(d)....
...Montgomery filed a second rule 3.800(b)(2) motion, asking the court to vacate his sentences for those three convictions and to hold a juvenile sentencing hearing,under section
775.082(3)(c), and make the necessary findings in accordance with sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 that he is a juvenile offender and entitled to a sentencing review hearing after twenty years....
...2 We reverse Montgomery’s' sentences for "attempted robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm, and attempted felony murder with a firearm and remand for resentencing in conformance with the 2014 juvenile sentencing statutes, which includes the judicial review provided by section 921.1402....
...In recognition of this difference and in response to the United States Supreme Court’s. decisions, the Florida Legislature passed chapter 2014-220 in 2014. See Horsley,
160 So.3d at 394 . The preamble to this chapter reflects that section
775.082 was amended, and sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 were created, to change the “criminal penalties applicable to ......
...The sentencing scheme established in chapter 2014-220 provides, in relevant part, that juveniles convicted of nonhomicide offenses and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than twenty years are entitled to a review of their sentences- after twenty years. §§
775.082(3)(c),
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
...teristics at the time of the offense, whether the juvenile offender demonstrates maturity and rehabilitation, and whether the juvenile offender remains at the same level of risk to society as he or she did at the time of the initial sentencing. Id. § 921.1402(6)....
...provision may be viewed as the clearest and most recent expression of legislative intent.” Palm Beach Cty. Canvassing Bd. v. Harris,
772 So.2d 1273, 1287 (Fla. 2000); see also Fla. Virtual Sch. v. K12, Inc.,
148 So.3d 97, 102 (Fla. 2014). These principles thus require that if there is a conflict, sections
775.082 and
921.1402, which are more recent and specifically address the criminal penalties and sentence review procedures applicable to juveniles convicted of certain serious offenses, would prevail over section
775.087(2)(a), which is older and is a general se...
...has been rehabilitated and is reasonably believed to be fit to reenter society, the court is authorized to modify the sentence by releasing the juvenile based on maturity and rehabilitation but must impose a term of probation of at least five years. § 921.1402(7), Fla....
...Under section
775.082(3), the court must provide a nonhomicide juvenile offender, who is convicted of certain serious offenses, an individualized sentencing hearing. If the nonhomicide juvenile offender is sentenced to more than twenty years, the court must provide a judicial review after twenty years, pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), to afford him or her a meaningful opportunity to obtain early release....
...icted death or great bodily harm, the juvenile must be sentenced to a twenty-five-year mandatory minimum. §
775.087(2), Fla. Stat. (2012). Nonetheless, he or she would still be entitled to a twenty-year statutory review of his or her sentence under section
921.1402(2)(d) with the possibility of early release....
...2015) (reversing juvenile nonhomicide offender’s aggregate seventy-year sentence with twenty-five-year mandatory minimum because it failed to provide defendant with judicial review, and thereby, meaningful opportunity for future release). At that judicial review, after considering the enumerated factors of section 921.1402(6) along with any other factor it deems appropriate to review the juvenile’s sentence, the sentencing court is authorized to modify the sentence and impose a term of probation of at least five years if the court determines modification is warranted. § 921.1402(7), Fla....
...or resentencing for the attempted robbery with a firearm, aggravated battery with a firearm, and attempted felony murder with a firearm convictions in conformance with chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, as codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014)....
...ten-year mandatory minimum under section
775.087(2). Young v. State,
219 So.3d 206, 210-11 (Fla. 5th DC.A 2017). That case is distinguishable because no juvenile offender is entitled to a review hearing unless his sentence exceeds fifteen years. See §
921.1402(2)(c), Fla....
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...his forty-five year prison term is a de facto life sentence in violation of Graham,
which it is not under our Court’s precedents. See Abrakata v. State,
168 So. 3d
251, 252 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015) (“absent a violation of Graham, there is no legal
basis to retroactively apply section
921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile
sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case.”); Lambert
v....
...2455 (2012) to concurrent thirty- and forty-year
sentences. This Court upheld those resentences, but the supreme court “remanded
for resentencing in conformity with the framework established in chapter 2014–
220, Laws of Florida, which has been codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes....
...remedy of
retroactive application of a new sentencing law, despite that law’s terms limiting
its application to offenses “committed on or after July 1, 2014.” Ch. 2014-220, §§
2, 3, at 2872-73, Laws of Fla. (codified at §§
921.1401(1);
921.1402(1), Fla....
...first-degree felony), and sentenced to twenty-five years in prison with a twenty-
five-year mandatory minimum.
168 So. 3d at 251, 251 n.1. On appeal to this court,
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The appellant now seeks either resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida
Statutes (2014), or judicial abolition of parole ineligibility....
...re
offenders to serve 85 percent of their sentences, or the provision in the new
sentence review law for juveniles making review available only for offenses
committed on or after July 1, 2014.” Under Henry, he is entitled to resentencing
under section 921.1402, Florida Statutes, enacted last year, ch. 2014-220, Laws of
Fla., § 3, but not to the invalidation of the statutory provisions he seeks in the
Abrakata argued he was entitled “to a review of his sentence after 15 years under
section 921.1402(2)(c), Florida Statutes.” Id. at 251. This court rejected Abrakata’s
argument, reasoning, “absent a violation of Graham, there is no legal basis to
retroactively apply section 921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile
sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case.” Id....
...1st DCA
2015).
But it is now clear that so-called Graham cases are to be treated just like
cases revisited under Miller v. Alabama,
132 S.Ct. 2455 (2012), and that an initial
resentencing that, even though not a life sentence (or the equivalent) itself, does
not conform to the requirements of Henry and section
921.1402 must be set aside
and reimposed “in light of the new juvenile sentencing legislation.” Henry, 40 Fla.
L....
...ole, albeit after individualized
consideration. Horsley,
160 So. 3d at 396–97. On direct review of his
resentencing, our supreme court concluded that chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida,
(now codified as sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes)
should be applied to Horsley (and “all juvenile offenders whose sentences are
unconstitutional under Miller”) even though Horsley’s offense was committed
prior to the effective date of the new juvenile sentencing legislation....
...Just as in the present case, Henry’s original sentence did not
comply with the dictates of Graham. Just as the supreme court ordered Henry to
be resentenced under chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, id., an intervening
resentencing notwithstanding, we should order resentencing in the present case
under section 921.1402(2)(d) (as the same provision is now codified)....
...e concurrent forty-five-year
sentences Kelsey received for nonhomicide offenses on resentencing are not the
life sentences that Graham condemned. 6 Even so, appellant is entitled to a review
of his concurrent forty-five-year sentences pursuant to section 921.1402(2)(d),
Florida Statues, which provides:
A juvenile offender sentenced to a term of 20 years
or more under s....
...isonment
of more than twenty years for a nonhomicide offense are
entitled to a subsequent judicial review of their sentences.
Ch. 2014-220, §§ 1, 3, Laws of Fla. [codified at sections
775.082 and
921.1402, Fla....
...subsequent review hearing 10 years after the initial
review hearing,” if the juvenile nonhomicide offender is
not resentenced at the initial review hearing. Ch. 2014-
220, § 3, Laws of Fla. [codified at section 921.1402, Fla.
Stat.] This is the only class of juvenile offenders entitled
to more than one subsequent sentence review.
160 So....
...3d at 404–05. Under Henry, Kelsey is entitled to a review of his
concurrent forty-five-year sentences after twenty years of incarceration (and to a
second review hearing in another ten years should he not be resentenced at the
initial hearing). See § 921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...On remand, the
Defendant was resentenced to 55 years’ imprisonment.
The Defendant raises multiple issues on appeal, and we affirm without
comment with one ministerial exception.
The Defendant argues the circuit court erred by failing to include
language in the resentencing order stating that pursuant to section
921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2017), he was eligible for periodic judicial
review of his sentence for capital murder after 25 years....
...written order that Appellant is entitled to sentence review after 25 years.”
See, e.g., White v. State,
244 So. 3d 1130, 1130 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018) (“The
State concedes that the trial court should have provided for sentence
review after 25 years as required by section
921.1402(2)(b).”).
As we did in White, we affirm but remand for the entry of a written order
providing that the Defendant is entitled to sentence review after 25 years.
The Defendant need not be present for this ministerial sentence cor...
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...If the court finds that life
imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence, such
person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at
least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this
subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her
sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
2....
...conducted by the court in accordance with s.
921.1401,
the court finds that life imprisonment is an appropriate
sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a
review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c).
Ch. 2014–220, § 1, Laws of Fla. Alongside these changes, the
Legislature also created section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, which
provides, in pertinent part:
(2)(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s.
775.082(1)(b)1....
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...We reverse Neely’s
non-homicide and first-degree murder sentences and remand for resentencing
because a life sentence for juvenile offenders is impermissible without a
meaningful opportunity for release as provided for in section
775.082(1)(b)(1),
Florida Statutes (2014), and section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015)....
...at
736.
The Florida Supreme Court held in Falcon v. State,
162 So. 3d 954 (Fla.
2015), that Miller applied retroactively, and the appropriate remedy for a Miller
violation was resentencing the juvenile offender pursuant to sections
775.082,
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...idualized consideration and
an opportunity for release”).
Accordingly, we reverse Neely’s non-homicide and first-degree murder
sentences and remand to the trial court for the appropriate resentencing under
sections
775.082(1)(b)(1) and
921.1402, and consistent with the cases cited herein.
Reversed and remanded with directions.
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...in its place. As to Counts 1, 2, 3 and 5, the sentencing documents shall, on remand, be amended to reflect that Henry is entitled to a review of his- sentence after serving twenty years, not twenty years after the date of his initial sentencing. See § 921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...If the
court finds that life imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence,
such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at
least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this subparagraph
is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(a).
(b)2....
...921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is
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an appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review of his
or her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(c).
(emphasis added).
Based on these amendments, the Florida Legislature enacted section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2017), and specifically subsection (2) which provides,
in pertinent part, as follows:
(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
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...General, for appellee.
Before EMAS, LINDSEY and GORDO, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Hernandez v. State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly D1079, D1080
(Fla. 3d DCA May 16, 2018) (“The trial court’s findings of fact on the statutory
factors listed in [section 921.1402] are reviewed for the existence of
competent, substantial evidence in the record.”); Bell v....
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...sonment with 4,235 days jail
credit or time served to “run consecutive with the sentence
imposed in count[s] [I–XI].”
• Judicial review after twenty years of the sentence has been
served, “pursuant to section 921.1402(2)(d), [Florida
Statutes].”
(“2019 sentence”).
The defendant moved under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.800(b)(2) to correct the new sentence, arguing the trial court “violated
double jeopardy by resente...
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...Assistant Attorney
General, for appellee.
Before FERNANDEZ, C.J., and LINDSEY, and BOKOR, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Ronnie Bruce appeals the trial court’s denial of his Application for
Review of Sentences for Juvenile Offenders, pursuant to § 921.1402, Florida
Statutes (2021), and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.802....
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...United States Constitution as delineated by the United States Supreme Court in
Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010), Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012),
and Virginia v. LeBlanc,
137 S. Ct. 1726 (2017). Therefore, such juvenile
offenders are not entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
BACKGROUND
Budry Michel was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, armed
kidnapping, and attempted armed robbery in the shooting death of Lynette Grames
and robbery of Adnan Shafi Dada....
...parole after 25 years under Florida’s parole system do not violate “Graham’s
requirement that juveniles . . . have a meaningful opportunity to receive parole.”
LeBlanc,
137 S. Ct. at 1729. Therefore, such juvenile offenders are not entitled to
resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...discretion to impose a term of years sentence as low as forty years’ imprisonment.
See §
775.082(1)(b)1., Fla. Stat. (2017). Moreover, and importantly, Atwell would
be entitled to review of his sentence after twenty-five years’ imprisonment. See
§
921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
...Atwell’s sentence review hearing would be
presided over by a trial judge, and would include his presence with an attorney,
and the ability to present pertinent information to prove his entitlement to release
based on maturity and rehabilitation. Id. § 921.1402 (5)-(6).
Michel, by contrast, will remain sentenced to life in prison, being entitled to
review of his sentence after twenty-five years, at a hearing presided over by the
parole commission....
...2014) (observing that this Court has, “prior to any directly applicable
5. I would strongly urge the Legislature to look at the implications of the
plurality’s decision to determine whether amendments are warranted to chapter
2014-220, sections 2-3, Laws of Florida. See §§
921.1401,
921.1402, Fla....
...[and] [i]n this jurisdiction, sentencing is a
joint exercise by the legislative, executive, and judicial branches.” James, 59 A.3d
at 1238. Following Miller, the Florida Legislature created a new and separate
system of judicial review, specific to juveniles. See § 921.1402, Fla....
...eview of their
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sentences at twenty-five years. See §
775.082(1)(b)1., Fla. Stat. (2017). This
judicial review includes a hearing, where the juvenile is “entitled to be represented
by counsel.” §
921.1402(5), Fla. Stat. (2017). Additionally, a trial court will
determine whether the juvenile is entitled to resentencing or early release. Id.
§
921.1402(6)....
...physical, or emotional abuse before he or she committed the offense.
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(i) The results of any mental health assessment, risk
assessment, or evaluation of the juvenile offender as to rehabilitation.
Id. § 921.1402(6)....
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...If the court finds that life imprisonment is not an
appropriate sentence, such person shall be punished by a
term of imprisonment of at least 40 years. A person sentenced
pursuant to this subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or
her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
2....
...with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an
appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term
of imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review
of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c).
§
775.082(1)(b)1.-2., Fla. Stat. (2017) (emphasis added). Section
921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2017), provides in pertinent part:
(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
...part of a separate
criminal transaction or episode].
...
(c) A juvenile offender sentenced to a term of more than 15
years under s.
775.082(1)(b)2. . . . is entitled to a review of
his or her sentence after 15 years.
§
921.1402(2)(a), (c), Fla....
...otherwise notifying the parties. On the 2018 order’s first page, the trial
court handwrote: “Corrected as to min/man.” On the second page, the
trial court checked the box next to “other mandatory minimum” and
handwrote: “40 yrs CT I and II pursuant to F.S. 921.1402(2)(a).” At the
bottom of that page, next to the trial court’s signature, the trial court
handwrote: “nunc pro tunc” to the 2017 resentencing order....
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...Nobles, Judge.
May 28, 2025
OSTERHAUS, C.J.
James Patrick Bonifay appeals his resentencing on the
homicide and other crimes that he committed as a juvenile. He
argues that the consecutive sentences imposed by the trial court
under §§
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes, constitute cruel
and unusual punishment under the United States Supreme
Court’s Eighth Amendment jurisprudence....
...In turn, the Florida Supreme Court effectively declared
Florida’s prior life sentencing scheme unconstitutional as to
juvenile offenders. See Atwell v. State,
197 So. 3d 1040 (Fla. 2016),
abrogated by Franklin v. State,
258 So. 3d 1239 (Fla. 2018). And
the Florida Legislature enacted §§
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida
Statutes, to provide juvenile offenders with individualized
sentencing consideration consistent with Miller....
...entence without parole
on a juvenile homicide offender so long as the defendant’s youth
was considered at sentencing. Id. at 479–80.
In response to Graham and Miller, the Florida Legislature
amended Florida law by passing §§
921.1401 and
921.1402....
...reviewed de novo.
Marshall v. State,
277 So. 3d 1149, 1150 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019).
Appellant argues that his consecutive sentences violate
constitutional limitations on juvenile sentencing set forth in Miller
and Graham by rendering illusory the §
921.1402 review of his
murder sentence....
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providing Gabriel with a review hearing under section
921.1402 after he serves twenty-five years of his
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...opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and
rehabilitation.”
560 U.S. at 75. In response to Graham, the Florida
Legislature enacted chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, which has been
codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
Chapter 2014-220 requires that juvenile offenders who commit offenses
after July 1, 2014 receive a review hearing and an opportunity for early
release after serving 15, 20, or 25 years depending on the crime committed
and...
...a 30-year or
shorter sentence. In Abrakata v. State,
168 So. 3d 251 (Fla. 1st DCA
2015), a juvenile offender who received a 25-year sentence for non-
homicide offenses argued that his sentence violated Graham and that he
was entitled to review under section
921.1402(2)(c). The First District
concluded that the sentence did not violate Graham and without a Graham
violation, section
921.1402 did not apply retroactively....
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...t-degree murder and to a consecutive term
of thirty years for attempted first-degree murder.” Hernandez I,
117 So. 3d at 779.
1 Chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, amending section
775.082, Florida Statutes,
and adding new sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
2
In his appeal from the convictions and sentences, Hernandez challenged his
sentence for the first-degree murder as violative of the United States and Florida
Constitutio...
...Hernandez I and need not be repeated
here. The amended sentencing order again sentenced Hernandez to life in state
prison without parole on the murder count, but included a right to a review of his
sentence after 25 years, as provided by sections
921.1402(2)(a) and
775.082(1)(b)1....
...him through age 69 even if released
from the Count I sentence after the 25-year review.
We agree with Hernandez that this violates Graham and Henry, but only
insofar as it omits a separate 25-year right of review on the Count II sentence.
Section 921.1402(2)(b) of the juvenile sentencing law provides that “[a] juvenile
offender sentenced to a term of more than 25 years under s....
...2015).
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includes a sentence imposed upon a person who “attempted to kill the victim and is
sentenced to a term of imprisonment of more than 25 years,” granting the
entitlement to a review after 25 years under section 921.1402(2)(b).
Hernandez is thus entitled to a review on the Count II sentence after serving
25 years on that count, though this may not be meaningful if he is not released
from further imprisonment on his Count I life sentence upon the 25-year review on
that sentence....
...resentencing under the juvenile sentencing statute); Stephenson v. State,
197 So.
3d 1129 (Fla. 3d DCA 2016) (consecutive sentences aggregating 90 years for
crimes committed as a juvenile; remanded for resentencing per Henry and section
13
921.1402); Burrows v....
...On this issue, we find a single meritorious point. We reverse and remand
for the ministerial step of amending the sentence for attempted murder, Count II, to
provide for a review after 25 years of time served on that sentence, to fulfill the
requirement in section 921.1402(2)(b), Florida Statutes (2014), operative only at
such time (if any) as Hernandez is released from further imprisonment on his
Count I sentence and his consecutive Count II sentence actually commences.8
Hernandez need not be prese...
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...considerations and fails to recognize that juveniles have diminished culpability and
greater prospects for reform. Young also raises a second argument, not presented to the
trial court, that Florida’s juvenile sentencing statutes, codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014), “supersede” the provisions of section
775.087(2), that require the imposition of the ten-year mandatory minimum prison
sentence in this case....
...the sentence if the juvenile offender has demonstrated sufficient maturity and reform.” Id.
Depending upon the crime committed, the earliest that the Legislature has provided for a
judicial review hearing for a juvenile offender serving a lengthy sentence is fifteen years.
See § 921.1402(2)(c), Fla....
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Defendant’s sentence after twenty years pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2019) (“A juvenile
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...2d DCA 2016). Although Morris committed his crimes in 2012, before the enactment of chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, he was sentenced in 2014, after the statute was enacted. However, by its own terms, chapter 2014-220 does not apply to Morris. *245 § 921.1402(1) Fla....
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...possibility of parole for all juveniles convicted of homicide likewise
violates the Eighth Amendment.
In response to Graham and Miller, the Florida Legislature adopted
chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...ch
describes eleven factors a court must consider before sentencing a
juvenile to life. A juvenile sentenced to life in prison under the 2014
version of section
775.082(1)(b)1 is entitled to review of his sentence after
twenty-five years pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(a).
Roughly two years after the legislature enacted the new juvenile
sentencing framework, the Florida Supreme Court in Atwell v....
...e
system" complied with Graham's requirement that juvenile offenders be
afforded a "meaningful opportunity" for release and that those juvenile
4
offenders therefore were "not entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes." Id....
...The sentences were ordered nunc pro tunc to April 6,
1994. Notably, although the resentencing hearing was conducted
pursuant to section
921.1401, Mr. Garner was resentenced with the
possibility of parole, not with the possibility of judicial review after
twenty-five years under section
921.1402.
II.
We review de novo the constitutionality of a sentence....
...Mack, a
juvenile, was convicted of a single homicide crime, in addition to
nonhomicide crimes, and sentenced to concurrent life sentences for
murder and burglary. Mack, 313 So. 2d at 695. He was entitled to a
sentencing review after twenty-five years under sections
921.1402(2)(a)
and
775.082(1)(b) for the murder and burglary....
...opportunity for him to gain release from incarceration under the murder
and burglary sentences." Id. (emphasis added).
Mr. Garner's case is distinguishable from Mack because that case
dealt with a juvenile who was resentenced with a review under section
921.1402, while Mr....
...Garner was resentenced with eligibility for parole.
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While we held that Mr. Mack's consecutive sentences eliminated
"meaningful opportunity" for release where Mr. Mack was resentenced
with a judicial review under section 921.1402, the supreme court has
specifically held that "Florida's statutory parole process fulfills Graham's
requirement that juveniles be given a 'meaningful opportunity' to be
considered for release during their natural life based upon 'normal parole
factors.' " Franklin, 258 So....
...th Hegwood v. State,
308 So.
3d 647, 648 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020), in which the Fourth District considered
the case of a juvenile who committed three murders in 1987 and, after a
supreme court remand for resentencing under sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, was resentenced to life in prison with a twenty-
five-year minimum for each of the murders. The resentencing court
ordered that Mr. Hegwood was not entitled to judicial review under
section
921.1402 until he had served seventy-five years....
...under Miller and Michel where Mr. Hegwood would be provided judicial
review after each life sentence. Id. at 648-49. Mr. Garner's sentences
are compatible with Hegwood. Again, unlike Mr. Hegwood, Mr. Garner
was not resentenced with judicial review under section 921.1402, but
rather was resentenced with the possibility of parole....
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...2016)
(applying Miller to discretionary life sentence for second-degree
murder). Without an unconstitutional sentence to start with,
McCrae is not entitled to resentencing under the new statute. See
Abrakata,
168 So. at 252 (“[A]bsent a violation of Graham, there
is no legal basis to retroactively apply section
921.1402 (or any
other provision of the juvenile sentencing legislation enacted in
2014) to the 2011 offense in this case.”); cf....
...olate Miller.”
192 So. 3d
at 469. It concluded, though, that this did not happen in that
case. Id.
3
juvenile-sentencing law would have meant McCrae would be
eligible for a sentence review after twenty-five years.
§
921.1402(2), Fla....
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...intended to kill a victim.” (citing Falcon v. State,
162 So. 3d 954, 963 (Fla. 2015))).
Lastly, we note that the trial court provided in Leppert’s sentence that she was
eligible for a judicial review hearing after twenty-five years for all three charges. Pursuant
to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2016), Leppert was entitled to a review of her
robbery and burglary convictions after twenty years. §
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...determined that a life sentence is not
appropriate. But the trial court found that Bailey intended to kill the victim and
accordingly imposed a fifty-year sentence with review after twenty-five years as set forth
in sections
775.082(1)(b)(1) and
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2014)....
...vides for a forty-year minimum
sentence with review after twenty-five years if the trial court finds that the juvenile had
1In 2014, the legislature responded to Miller by amending section
775.082
and enacting sections
921.1401 and
921.1402....
...such
person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at
least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this
subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in
accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
(Emphasis added.) Section 921.1402(2)(a) provides for a "review of his or her sentence
after 25 years" unless the defendant has been convicted of an enumerated offense
during a separate criminal transaction or episode.
Bailey challenges the trial cour...
...death penalty. And Bailey will be in
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his early forties when he receives review of his sentence after twenty-five years, and an
opportunity for early release, under sections
775.082(1)(b)(1) and
921.1402(2).3 The
Miller holding does not extend to Bailey's sentence imposed pursuant to section
775.082(1)(b)(1), where he received the individualized sentencing hearing required by
Miller (codified in section
921.1401(1)) and where he will receive a review of his
sentence after twenty-five years....
...and is reasonably believed to be fit to reenter society, the
court is authorized to modify the sentence by releasing the
juvenile based on maturity and rehabilitation but must
impose a term of probation of at least five years. §
921.1402(7), Fla....
...Nonetheless, the
juvenile offender would be entitled to a judicial review and
possible release in twenty-five years.
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hearing pursuant to section
921.1401 and is later afforded periodic judicial review of his
or her sentence as provided in section
921.1402"); Montgomery v....
...5th DCA 2017) (holding that "the mandatory twenty-five-year minimum
sentence [imposed pursuant to 10-20-Life statute] does not constitute cruel and unusual
punishment when applied to a juvenile offender as long as he or she gets the mandated
judicial review" required under section 921.1402); St....
...He contends that the statute and Miller make clear that the trial court is required to
consider the factors as they relate to Bailey's circumstances.
Section
775.082(1)(b)(3) provides that "[t]he court shall make a written
finding as to whether a person is eligible for a sentence review hearing under s.
921.1402(2)(a) or (c)....
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...neither claim
warranted relief. This appeal followed.
3. Thomas’s resentencing was required under Miller v.
Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012), Montgomery v. Louisiana,
577 U.S.
190 (2016), and Florida’s updated juvenile sentencing statute,
section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2016).
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ANALYSIS
We need not address the trial court’s timeliness analysis
because we agree with the trial court’s findings on the merits....
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...neither claim
warranted relief. This appeal followed.
3. Thomas’s resentencing was required under Miller v.
Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012), Montgomery v. Louisiana,
577 U.S.
190 (2016), and Florida’s updated juvenile sentencing statute,
section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2016).
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ANALYSIS
We need not address the trial court’s timeliness analysis
because we agree with the trial court’s findings on the merits....
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...2
Williams v. State,
242 So. 3d 280 (Fla. 2018). After a hearing, the trial court
resentenced Singletary to life imprisonment for both counts, to run
concurrently, with the entitlement to judicial review after 25 years pursuant
to section
921.1402(2)(a), (b), Florida Statutes (2021)....
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...y, Diana
Vizcaino, Judge.
Javarus Morgan, in proper person.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz, Assistant Attorney
General, for appellee.
Before LOGUE, C.J., and EMAS and SCALES, JJ.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See § 921.1402(6), Fla....
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review as required for juvenile offenders by section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2016); and (2) the trial
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...is a de facto life sentence that does not provide a meaningful opportunity for relief.
Tarrand argues that his sentence is unconstitutional under the holdings of Miller v.
Alabama,
132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012), and Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010), and seeks
resentencing pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015)....
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...have any discretion in the new sentence it imposes, resentencing is a
ministerial act.”); Jordan v. State,
143 So. 3d 335, 339 (Fla. 2014) (noting
that “resentencing a defendant in his absence will be harmless where it
involves only a ministerial act”); see also §
921.1402(2)(c), Fla....
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...determined that a life sentence is not appropriate. But the trial court found that Bailey
intended to kill the victim and accordingly imposed a fifty-year sentence with review
after twenty-five years as set forth in sections
775.082(1)(b)(1) and
921.1402(2)(a),
Florida Statutes (2014)....
...7,
Florida Statutes (2007).2 Bailey raises several challenges to his sentence; we affirm for
the reasons explained below.
1In 2014, the legislature responded to Miller by amending section
775.082
and enacting sections
921.1401 and
921.1402....
...such
person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at
least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this
subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in
accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
(Emphasis added.) Section 921.1402(2)(a) provides for a "review of his or her sentence
after 25 years" unless the defendant has been convicted of an enumerated offense
during a separate criminal transaction or episode.
As for Bailey's claim that the s...
...is
not comparable to mandatory life in prison or the death penalty. And Bailey will be in
his early forties when he receives review of his sentence after twenty-five years, and an
opportunity for early release, under sections
775.082(1)(b)(1) and
921.1402(2).3 The
3InMontgomery v....
...and is reasonably believed to be fit to reenter society, the
court is authorized to modify the sentence by releasing the
juvenile based on maturity and rehabilitation but must
impose a term of probation of at least five years. §
921.1402(7), Fla....
...ng a potential life sentence does not violate . . .
Miller so long as the juvenile was afforded an individualized sentencing hearing
pursuant to section
921.1401 and is later afforded periodic judicial review of his or her
sentence as provided in section
921.1402"); Montgomery v....
...5th DCA 2017) (holding that "the mandatory twenty-five-year minimum
sentence [imposed pursuant to 10-20-Life statute] does not constitute cruel and unusual
punishment when applied to a juvenile offender as long as he or she gets the mandated
judicial review" required under section 921.1402); St....
...He contends that the statute and Miller make clear that the trial court is required to
consider the factors as they relate to Bailey's circumstances.
Section
775.082(1)(b)(3) provides that "[t]he court shall make a written
finding as to whether a person is eligible for a sentence review hearing under s.
921.1402(2)(a) or (c)....
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...If the court
finds that life imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence,
such person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at
least 40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this
subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in
accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
2....
...with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an
appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review of
his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c).
§
775.082(1), Fla. Stat. (2018) (emphases added). Section
921.1402,
Florida Statutes (2018), states, in pertinent part:
5
(2)(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
...e of the following
offenses … [not applicable here]
….
(c) A juvenile offender sentenced to a term of more than 15
years under s.
775.082(1)(b)2. … is entitled to a review of his
or her sentence after 15 years.
§
921.1402, Fla....
...the defendant “actually killed, intended to kill, or attempted to kill” the
victim. This error was not harmless, as it required the circuit court to
impose a forty-year mandatory minimum sentence, and lengthened the
time of sentencing review from fifteen to twenty-five years under section
921.1402(2)(a).
Therefore, as required by our supreme court in Williams, we must
reverse the circuit court’s sentence on the first degree murder conviction
under section
775.082(1)(b)1., and remand for resentencing on the first
degree murder conviction under section
775.082(1)(b)2....
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...775.082(3)(c)
of the Florida Statutes that requires, among other things, the trial court to conduct a
specifically prescribed sentencing hearing prior to sentencing a juvenile offender to
life for a non-homicide crime; and (b) sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 of the
Florida Statutes that codify, among other things, sentencing considerations for
certain juvenile offenders and provide a sentence review mechanism for juvenile
offenders sentenced to long prison terms.
3Because Stephenson’s initial...
...Therefore, we vacate both the trial court’s June 2014 resentencing order and
its June 2015 order denying Stephenson’s second rule 3.800 motion. We remand
the case to the trial court to enter a resentencing order that incorporates the
applicable sentence review provisions of section 921.1402 of the Florida Statutes.5
Reversed and remanded for proceedings consistent with this opinion.
5 Because Stephenson is not entitled to a de novo resentencing hearing, the trial
court may enter the resentencing order without the presence of Stephenson....
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...The trial court granted the motion and held
a resentencing hearing pursuant to section
921.1401. After the
hearing, the court entered a detailed sentencing order re-imposing
the life sentence for the murder with a sentence review after 25
years pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes....
...nary record and
involvement in self-betterment activities while in prison. We find
this argument unpersuasive for several reasons. First, the hearing
below was solely a resentencing hearing under section
921.1401,
not a sentence review hearing under section
921.1402....
...5 Second, it
is the responsibility of the trial court (not this court) to determine
the weight to be given to the factors in section
921.1401(2). Third,
although the defendant’s rehabilitation is the sole focus of a
sentence review hearing under section
921.1402, it is only one of
the many factors that the court is to consider in a sentencing
hearing under section
921.1401....
...Karpf, Assistant
Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Tabitha Herrera, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
5 If the hearing below had been a sentence review hearing,
then Jackson would not be entitled to another one in the future
because section 921.1402 provides for only one sentence review
hearing for juvenile murderers. See § 921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
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...Tallahassee, and Douglas T. Squire,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
We affirm. However, we remand for the trial court to enter corrected sentencing
documents granting Appellant a twenty-year sentencing review pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2016)....
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...to address the prohibition set forth in
Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012), of a mandatory life sentence for any
crime committed by a juvenile. The trial court also ordered a “sentence review
hearing” to occur after 25 years, pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes,
due to the fact Appellant was convicted of a “capital felony,” referencing the
homicide offense....
...3d 452, 453 (Fla. 2015). The
Court in Lawton went on to state, “the ban on sentencing juveniles to life without
parole for nonhomicide offenses is, indeed, unqualified.” Id.
However, a life sentence with future judicial review, as provided by section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014), validly addresses the constitutional
requirements for cases such as Appellant’s....
...sentences for counts I and III are AFFIRMED. However, Appellant’s life sentence
for count II, armed robbery with a firearm, committed when he was seventeen, is
REVERSED and REMANDED for resentencing, including the judicial review
provided for by section 921.1402, Florida Statutes, as applicable.
WETHERELL and JAY, JJ., CONCUR.
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...His judgment reflects that he pleaded no
contest1 to a violation of section
782.04(3), Florida Statutes (2002), murder in the
second degree, a first-degree felony. The trial court sentenced him on July 13, 2004, to
twenty-five years' imprisonment.
Relying on section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, and rule 3.802(b)(3), Elkin
applied for sentencing review in January 2017 because he had served "nearly" fifteen
years of his twenty-five-year sentence for "second-degree murder." The postconviction
court did not consider the merits of Elkin's application. Instead, it erroneously
concluded that Elkin could not take advantage of section
921.1402 because he
committed his crime before the statute's effective date of July 1, 2014....
...s application for review, however,
indicates that he pleaded guilty.
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to a term of imprisonment of more than 15 years" and entitles such defendants to a
review after fifteen years in accordance with section 921.1402(2)(c)....
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...His judgment reflects that he pleaded no
contest1 to a violation of section
782.04(3), Florida Statutes (2002), murder in the
second degree, a first-degree felony. The trial court sentenced him on July 13, 2004, to
twenty-five years' imprisonment.
Relying on section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, and rule 3.802(b)(3), Elkin
applied for sentencing review in January 2017 because he had served "nearly" fifteen
years of his twenty-five-year sentence for "second-degree murder." The postconviction
court did not consider the merits of Elkin's application. Instead, it erroneously
concluded that Elkin could not take advantage of section
921.1402 because he
committed his crime before the statute's effective date of July 1, 2014....
...s application for review, however,
indicates that he pleaded guilty.
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to a term of imprisonment of more than 15 years" and entitles such defendants to a
review after fifteen years in accordance with section 921.1402(2)(c)....
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...rida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.800(a). On appeal, Appellant argues that the trial court erred when it
modified his sentence without holding a resentencing hearing. We agree, and remand
for resentencing. See §
775.082(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (2016); §
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
...Stat.
(2016); see also Kelsey v. State,
206 So. 3d 5, 10-11 (Fla. 2016) ("Because we determine
that resentencing is the appropriate remedy, the trial courts may embrace all of the
provisions of chapter 2014–220 [which was codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes] and are not required to limit themselves to only applying the
judicial review provision.")....
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his original sentencing in accordance with section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2018). See Robinson
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his original sentencing in accordance with section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2018). See Robinson
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...48, 75 (2010)).
At the resentencing hearing on remand, the trial judge heard testimony
and resentenced appellant to an aggregate sentence of 70 years. The trial
judge recognized that appellant would be entitled to a meaningful review
of his sentence under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2016).
Neither the judgment nor the sentence documentation indicate that
appellant is entitled to sentence review. Written findings are required by
statute. See §
775.082(3)(b)2.c., Fla. Stat. (2016) (providing that “[t]he
court shall make a written finding as to whether a person is eligible for a
sentence review hearing under s.
921.1402(b) or (c).”) (emphasis added).
We reject appellant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel on this
direct appeal from the resentencing....
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...We, therefore, remand for resentencing on Count One pursuant
to section
775.082(3)(b)2.b. See Williams,
242 So. 3d at 288-93. The trial court shall
indicate in the sentencing document that Wall is eligible for sentence review on this count
after fifteen years under section
921.1402(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2015)....
...and jury instructions.
2
We also remand for the trial court to amend the sentence on Count Two, robbery
with a deadly weapon, to reflect eligibility for sentence review after twenty years under
section 921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes (2015)....
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...sentence pursuant to Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460 (2012).3 Purdy,
252
So. 3d at 727. “The trial court granted the relief requested and resentenced
Purdy to 40 years for the murder conviction . . . .” Id. The trial court later
conducted sentence review pursuant to §
921.1402 and determined that the
juvenile offender was rehabilitated and fit to reenter society....
...homicide conviction, the court ordered him to prison to begin serving his
112.7-month sentences for his nonhomicide convictions. Id.
The Florida Supreme Court, in a plurality opinion authored by Justice
Lawson, held that “the trial court was correct in determining that [§ 921.1402]
does not provide any basis for resentencing for the 112.7-month sentences.”
Id....
...that the juvenile offender is rehabilitated—may raise
additional Eighth Amendment issues.
Id. at 728-29.
The Court did not resolve this issue because it was only presented with
an issue of the statutory construction of § 921.1402, Florida’s sentence
review statute....
...sentences in the trial court on Eighth Amendment grounds.” Id.
We do not resolve the potential constitutional issue left open in Purdy
because the situation here is distinguishable. In Purdy, the trial court
reviewed the juvenile offender’s sentence pursuant to § 921.1402 and
determined that he had been rehabilitated and was fit to reenter society. See
§ 921.1402(7) (“If the court determines at a sentence review hearing that the
juvenile offender has been rehabilitated and is reasonably believed to be fit
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to reenter society, the court shall modify the sentence and impose a term of
probation of at least 5 years.”)....
...Based on its finding of rehabilitation, the
court in Purdy reduced the sentence under review to time served and 10
years of probation.
Here, by contrast, the lower court did not conduct sentence review of
any of Boucher’s sentences pursuant to § 921.1402....
...2015), our Supreme Court explained the difference
between these two statutes:
[Section
921.1401] sets forth the procedures for the
mandatory individualized sentencing hearing that is
now required before sentencing a juvenile to life
imprisonment; and [section
921.1402] relates to
subsequent judicial review of a juvenile offender’s
sentence.
Because Boucher had originally been sentenced to life in prison for his
nonhomicide offenses, the trial court was required to...
...dering the specified factors during
an individualized sentencing hearing, determines that a life sentence is
appropriate.”).
7
Importantly, the factors set forth in §
921.1401 differ from those in §
921.1402. Unlike in Purdy, the sentencing court here did not find that
Boucher had been rehabilitated and was fit to reenter society, which is a
factor relevant to sentence review pursuant to §
921.1402(7)....
.... . (j) The possibility of
rehabilitating the defendant.”). 4
4
In Bellay v. State,
277 So. 3d 605, 608–09 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019) our Sister
District explained the distinction between the rehabilitation factors set forth
in §§
921.1401 and
921.1402 as follows:
The question as to whether a juvenile has in
fact been rehabilitated comes from section
921.1402(7), which applies to subsequent judicial
review of a sentence....
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judicial review of the sentence pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2021). We reverse the order
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...offenders, the Florida Legislature adopted a new juvenile offender
sentencing scheme in chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida (effective for
offenses committed by a juvenile offender after July 1, 2014). The new
sentencing provisions are codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes....
...3d at 89.
Specifically, section
775.082 was amended to provide the statutory
penalties for juvenile offenders; section
921.1401 was created to set forth
procedures for individualized sentencing hearings to determine whether a
juvenile offender should be sentenced to life imprisonment; and section
921.1402 was created to allow for subsequent judicial review of a juvenile
offender’s sentence....
...to determine
whether [Appellant]—based upon his performance in prison—‘ha[d] been
rehabilitated and is reasonably believed to be fit to reenter society.’”
The question as to whether a juvenile has in fact been rehabilitated
comes from section 921.1402(7), which applies to subsequent judicial
review of a sentence....
...We note, however, that in addressing “the possibility of rehabilitating
the defendant” pursuant to section
921.1401(2)(j), the trial court appears
to have made findings as to whether Appellant has demonstrated maturity
and rehabilitation while incarcerated, pursuant to section
921.1402(6)(a).
Specifically, the resentencing order states that “[t]he court firmly believes
that [Appellant’s] character and propensity for violence is fixed....
...3d at 90-91; Cutts v. State,
225
So. 3d 244, 245 (Fla. 4th DCA 2017). A juvenile offender sentenced to life
imprisonment under section
775.082(3)(a)5.a. or section
775.082(3)(b)2.a.
is entitled to a review of his or her sentence after twenty-five years. §
921.1402(2)(b).
During the judicial review, in determining if it is appropriate to modify
the sentence, the trial court will look to a different set of factors than those
articulated in the sentencing statute. The sentence review factors are set
forth in section
921.1402(6)....
...These factors look not only at circumstances
and events leading up to and including the offense, but also include
considerations of who the juvenile offender is at the time of the judicial
review, i.e., whether the offender “has been rehabilitated and is reasonably
believed to be fit to reenter society.” § 921.1402(7), Fla....
...different
factors, given that the judge who handled the resentencing has already
taken a position as to whether Appellant is “fit to reenter society,” it would
be appropriate that the sentence review be assigned to a different judge.
Pursuant to section 921.1402(6), in determining if it is appropriate to
modify Appellant’s sentence, the court shall consider all of the listed
factors.
Finally, we reject Appellant’s argument that he was entitled to be
resentenced under the 1983 sentenc...
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...We agree with the State that Baker is not entitled to review because
previous to his original sentencing on the first-degree murder count, he had been
convicted of armed robbery and armed burglary arising out of criminal episodes
separate from the one involving the murder. See § 921.1402(2)(a)(4), (5), Florida
Statutes (2017) ("A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
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...We affirm Blake's sentence for armed burglary without
comment. We affirm his sentence for first-degree murder but remand for a
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determination of whether Blake is entitled to review of his life sentence pursuant to
section 921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes (2014).
Blake was convicted of first-degree murder, a capital felony; armed
burglary, a first-degree felony punishable by life; and aggravated battery with a deadly
weapon, a second-degree felony....
...ntencing hearing discussed
in Horsley v. State,
160 So. 3d 393 (Fla. 2015), we affirm his life sentence. However,
we remand for the trial court to determine whether Blake is entitled to judicial review of
his sentence after twenty-five years. See §
921.1402(2)(a); Horsley, 160 So....
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not therefore entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes. In State v. Michel , 257
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...Because the defendant is eligible for
parole, his sentence is not unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama,
567
U.S. 460 (2012), or Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010). Franklin v.
State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S556 (Fla. Nov. 8, 2018). He is not therefore
entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
In State v....
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...460 ,
132 S.Ct. 2455 ,
183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), or Graham v. Florida ,
560 U.S. 48 ,
130 S.Ct. 2011 ,
176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010). Franklin v. State ,
258 So.3d 1239 ,
2018 WL 5839174 (Fla. Nov. 8, 2018). He is not therefore entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
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...Because the defendant is eligible for
parole, his sentence is not unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama,
567
U.S. 460 (2012), or Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010). See Franklin v.
State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S556 (Fla. Nov. 8, 2018). He is not therefore
entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
In State v....
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...State,
341 So.
3d 386, 396 (Fla. 1st DCA 2022) (Makar, J., concurring). “They do not
include the wider range of factors related to rehabilitation and demonstrated
maturity that are considered in a subsequent sentence review proceeding.”
Id.; see also §
921.1402(6)(a), Fla....
...including . . . [w]hether the juvenile offender demonstrates
maturity and rehabilitation.”); Bellay v. State,
277 So. 3d 605, 608–09 (Fla.
4th DCA 2019) (“The question as to whether a juvenile has in fact been
rehabilitated comes from section [
921.1402], which applies to subsequent
judicial review of a sentence....
...Rather,
it is one of the statutory factors to be considered at sentencing . . . . In
contrast to section
921.1401, evidence of rehabilitation and the juvenile's
maturation play a much greater role in the subsequent sentence review
hearing held pursuant to section
921.1402.”)....
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...Florida,
560 U.S. 48 (2010); Kelsey
v. State,
206 So. 3d 5 (Fla. 2016); Atwell v. State,
197 So. 3d 1040 (Fla 2016).
Procedurally, the defendant sought relief under the wrong rule because rule 3.802 applies
only after a juvenile has been resentenced pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes,
and the time for a review hearing has arrived.
Nevertheless, in light of his 30-year sentence, the defendant was entitled to receive
judicial review of his sentence....
...conducting a resentencing hearing. Davis v. State,
230 So. 3d 487 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).
Accordingly, we reverse and remand for the trial court to treat the instant motion
as a rule 3.800(a) motion and to hold a resentencing hearing pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
REVERSED and REMANDED.
EVANDER, J....
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... Miller appeals the trial court’s September 16, 2015 order denying his
3.850(b)(2) motion for post-conviction relief, arguing he is entitled to resentencing
in conformance with chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, which has been codified
in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...1 Miller is
thus entitled to judicial review and resentencing.2
1 The State’s contention that Miller was parole-eligible as early as twelve years
after the commission of first-degree murder is irrelevant.
2 The State argues that “other than [Miller] being entitled to a sentence review
hearing under section
921.1402(2)(a), [Miller] is not entitled to be resentenced
under the new juvenile sentencing statutes.” We disagree with this contention.
Section
921.1402(1) provides that “[f]or purposes of this section, the term ‘juvenile
offender’ means a person sentenced to imprisonment in the custody of the
Department of Corrections for an offense committed on or after July 1, 2014, and
committed before he or she attained 18 years of age.” Both section
921.1402 and
section
775.082 are interrelated. Section
921.1402(2)(a) specifically refers and
incorporates sentencing under the revised version of section
775.082(1)(b)(1),
which provides for judicial review....
...2
We therefore reverse Miller’s first-degree murder sentence and remand to
the trial court for the appropriate resentencing under section
775.082(1)(b)(1),
Florida Statutes (2016), section
921.1401, Florida Statutes (2014), and section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015).
Reversed and remanded with directions.
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...defense witnesses regarding Nelms’ rehabilitation in prison. At the end of
the hearing, the court resentenced Nelms to life in prison, with judicial
review after twenty-five years, pursuant to chapter 2014-220, Laws of
Florida, as codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the
Florida Statutes....
...Recently,
the Florida Supreme Court held that a juvenile offender’s sentence of life
with the possibility of parole after twenty-five years does not violate the
Eighth Amendment as described in Graham and Miller, and thus, a
juvenile offender who receives such a sentence is not entitled to
resentencing under section 921.1402, Florida Statutes....
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...Koller,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.
LAMBERT, J.
The primary issue that we address in this appeal is whether the trial court erred
when, during a juvenile offender’s sentence review hearing held pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015), it failed to consider Appellant’s aggregate prison
sentence and instead just modified one individual sentence....
....1402, Florida Statutes (2015).
4Based on the court’s factual findings at the resentencing hearing, Appellant,
having already served more than twenty years of his prison sentence, was entitled to a
review hearing. See §§
775.082(1)(b)2.;
921.1402 (2)(c), Fla....
...Koller,
Assistant Attorney General, Daytona
Beach, for Appellee.
LAMBERT, J.
The primary issue that we address in this appeal is whether the trial court erred
when, during a juvenile offender’s sentence review hearing held pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015), it failed to consider Appellant’s aggregate prison
sentence and instead just modified one individual sentence....
...orida Rule of
Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(1) to correct illegal sentence, arguing, among other things,
that as a result of finding him to be rehabilitated and reasonably believing that he is fit to
reenter society, the trial court was required under section 921.1402, Florida Statutes
(2015), to immediately release him from prison on at least five years of probation....
...his sentences for robbery and carjacking despite being found rehabilitated and fit to
reenter society, is illegal. The trial court denied the motion.
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the 2014 juvenile sentencing laws now codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida Statutes....
...d review
hearing to address whether to modify this sentence. If the court determines at this hearing
that Appellant has been rehabilitated and is reasonably believed to be fit to reenter
society, the court shall modify the aggregate sentence. See § 921.1402(7), Fla....
...Department of Corrections. I also agree that the three-year minimum mandatory
sentences imposed on counts two and three for armed robbery and armed carjacking,
must run concurrently with each other. However, I disagree with the majority view that,
pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015), Appellant is entitled to a sentence
review on counts two and three.
When Appellant was resentenced pursuant to section
921.1401, Florida Statutes
(2015), to serve forty years in prison on his conviction for first-degree felony murder, his
sentence was no longer unconstitutional under Miller v. Alabama,
132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012).
Nevertheless, he was entitled to, and did, receive a sentence review hearing on this
charge pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(c)....
...three. Moreover, when the sentences imposed in counts two and three were left
undisturbed on resentencing, Appellant did not appeal the trial court’s decision to leave
those sentences intact. Subsequently, during the judicial review hearing under section
921.1402(2)(c), Appellant did not object when the trial court indicated it did not have
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jurisdiction to resentence him on those counts....
...ompleted.
Appellant made no arguments concerning the aggregate length of his sentences. In fact,
it was the State, not Appellant, who raised the issue of the trial court's lack of jurisdiction
to review the sentences in counts two and three under section 921.1402(1)....
...1987) ("In order to preserve an issue for appellate review, the specific legal
argument or ground upon which it is based must be presented to the trial court." (citing
Tillman v. State,
471 So. 2d 32 (Fla. 1985))). Even if they were, a 112.7 month sentence
does not trigger a sentence review hearing under section
921.1402(2)....
...Nevertheless, I believe the glitch is one that requires a legislative fix, not
a judicial one. See Ortiz v. State,
188 So. 3d 113, 116 n.4 (Fla. 1st DCA 2016)
(recognizing the anomaly that the Appellant will receive a sentence review under section
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921.1402(2)(a) for his first-degree murder conviction but not for home invasion robbery
while armed with a firearm)....
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...In exchange for the guilty plea,
Brazley was sentenced to 40 years in state prison in a general sentence.
The sentence was later corrected to reflect a specific sentence for each
count.
In his most recent motion before the trial court, Brazley claims
entitlement to sentence review based on section 921.1402, Florida Statutes
(2023). He claims that because he was a juvenile at the time of the crime, he
is entitled to review of the 40-year sentence imposed for a crime that he
committed as a juvenile offender. However, section 921.1402 does not apply
to Brazley. See § 921.1402(1), Fla....
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should be eligible for sentence review under section
921.1402—Florida’s post-Graham juvenile sentencing
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twenty-five (25) years in accordance with section
921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2023). Having reviewed
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...Handsel, Judge.
David Elkin, pro se.
PER CURIAM.
David Elkin appeals the postconviction court's denial of his "application for
sentencing review by juvenile offender," filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal
Procedure 3.802. We affirm because Elkin is not entitled to review of his sentence
under section 921.1402, Florida Statutes (2017)....
...procedure for sentencing persons convicted of specified offenses committed while they
were juveniles and the procedure for judicial review of such sentences. Ch. 2014-220,
§ 1 (amending section
775.082), § 2 (creating section
921.1401), § 3 (creating section
921.1402), at 2869-75, Laws of Fla.
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Thereafter, in Landrum v....
...e murder, as required by
Miller, and that [such] sentence, which is virtually indistinguishable from a sentence of
life without parole, is therefore unconstitutional." Atwell v. State,
197 So. 3d 1040, 1041
(Fla. 2016).
Relying on section
921.1402 and Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.802(b)(3), Elkin applied for sentencing review in 2017 because he had served "nearly"
fifteen years of his twenty-five-year sentence. The postconviction court did consider the
merits of Elkin's application but denied it, erroneously concluding that Elkin could not
take advantage of section
921.1402 because he committed his crime before the
statute's effective date of July 1, 2014....
...r
is sentenced to a term of more than 15 years under sections
775.082(1)(b)2.,
775.082(3)(a)5.b., or
775.08(3)(b)2.b., Florida Statutes." Elkin fails to recognize that the
delineated statutes involve sentencing for nonhomicide offenses. See also
§
921.1402(2)(c) (setting forth the same limitations as rule 3.802(b)(3)).
Moreover, none of rule 3.802's subsections apply to Elkin's case....
...than twenty-five years under sections
775.082(3)(a)(5)(a) or (3)(b)(2)(a) for homicide
offenses. Had the trial court sentenced Elkin to a term of years exceeding twenty-five
years, he would be entitled to a sentence review after twenty-five years. See also §
921.1402(2)(a), (b) (setting forth the same limitations as rule 3.802(b)(1))....
...) is
inapplicable to Elkin's case. Elkin's conviction was for second-degree murder under
section
782.04(3), and rule 3.802(b)(2) applies to sentences imposed for offenses other
than those included in section
782.04. See §
775.082(3)(c); see also §
921.1402(2)(d)
(setting forth the same limitations as rule 3.802(b)(2)).
1We note that had Elkin been sentenced to more than twenty-five years in
prison, the postconviction court would have been required to deny the motion without
prejudice as a premature application....
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...discretion under the PRR statute. Thus, it denied Battle's request to be
resentenced. Instead, the court endeavored to "harmonize" Graham and
the PRR statute by ordering that Battle would be entitled to a sentence
review hearing in the future under section 921.1402(2)(d), Florida
Statutes (2014)....
...The question for the courts, this one included, is what to do
about it.
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that violate Graham are entitled to resentencing pursuant to chapter
2014-220, Laws of Florida, codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014)." See also Pedroza v....
...2020) (reaffirming that this statement in Kelsey was
intended as the court's holding while other statements from Kelsey were
dicta). Thus, under Kelsey's plain language, Battle is entitled to
resentencing that accords him the process and consideration of the
factors set forth in sections
921.1401 and
921.1402....
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...Florida Bar, Tallahassee, Florida,
for Petitioner
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APPENDIX
RULE 3.802. REVIEW OF SENTENCES FOR JUVENILE
OFFENDERS
(a) Application. A juvenile offender, as defined in section
921.1402(1), Florida Statutes, may seek a modification of sentence
pursuant tounder section 921.1402, Florida Statutes, by
submitting an application to the trial court requesting a sentence
review hearing.
(b) Time for Filing. An application for sentence review may
not be filed until the juvenile offender becomes eligible pursuant
tounder section 921.1402(2), Florida Statutes....
...UponOn
application from an eligible juvenile offender, the trial court
shallmust hold a sentence review hearing to determine whether the
juvenile offender’s sentence should be modified. If the application,
files, and records in the case conclusively show that the applicant
does not qualify as a juvenile offender under section 921.1402(1),
Florida Statutes, or that the application is premature, the court
may deny the application without a hearing, and shallmust attach
such documents to the order....
...than 40 days from the date of the order of which rehearing is
sought.
(ef) Successive Applications. A second or successive
application shallmust be denied without a hearing, except under
the following circumstances:
(1) [No Change]
(2) pursuant tounder section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida
Statutes, the initial application was submitted by a juvenile
offender sentenced to a term of 20 years or more under section
775.082(3)(c), Florida Statutes, and more than 10 years has elapsed
since the initial sentence review hearing.
(fg) Jurisdiction....
...The sentencing court shall retains original
jurisdiction for the duration of the sentence for the purpose of a
sentence review hearing.
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(gh) Right to Counsel. A juvenile offender who is eligible for a
sentence review hearing under section 921.1402(5), Florida
Statutes, is entitled to be represented by counsel, and the court
shallmust appoint a public defender to represent the juvenile
offender if the juvenile offender cannot afford an attorney....
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mandatory for a trial court to conduct the review. §
921.1402(6).")
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mandatory for a trial court to conduct the review. §
921.1402(6).")
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...on Warthen; (2) Hegwood does not compel an affirmance; and (3) Purdy
intentionally left open the question which his appeal now presents. The
4
State responds the Florida Legislature enacted sections
775.082,3
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2017), “[i]n direct response to
the Supreme Court’s decisions in Miller and Graham,” and the cases cited
by the defendant are inapplicable....
...ence for a nonhomicide
offense—did not violate the Eighth Amendment. Hegwood,
308 So. 3d at
648–49. We nonetheless remanded the case because judicial review of the
life sentence was required after twenty-five years (not seventy-five years)
under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
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...Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2). She argued her juvenile status at the time of
the offense entitled her to a review of her sentence after 15 years. The motion
was deemed denied when the trial court failed to rule within 60 days. See Fla.
R. Crim. P. 3.800(b)(2)(B).
Section
921.1402(2)(c), Florida Statutes (2015), provides that juvenile
offenders sentenced to more than 15 years are entitled to a review of their
sentence after 15 years if they did not actually kill, intend to kill, or attempt to
kill the victim. See also §
775.082(3)(a)(5)(c), Fla. Stat. (2015). Section
921.1402
limits its application to juveniles who committed the offense on or after July 1,
2014. §
921.1402(1).
But, in Horsley v....
...2015), our supreme court
held this section applied retroactively to “all juvenile offenders whose sentences
are unconstitutional under Miller.” Id. (referring to Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S.
460, 489 (2012)). Our supreme court has since extended the retroactive
application of
921.1402 to all juvenile non-homicide offenders with lengthy
sentences....
...We recently addressed the issue in Andrevil v. State,
226 So. 3d 867 (Fla. 4th
DCA 2017). There, the defendant was sentenced to 35 years in prison without
an opportunity for review. Id. at 867. The defendant’s sentence was imposed
after the effective date of section
921.1402, and was based on offenses he
committed as a juvenile before the statute’s effective date....
...We
concluded the defendant “was entitled to the benefit of the new sentence review
statute and a meaningful opportunity for release based on demonstrated
maturity and rehabilitation . . . .” Id. at 871.
The issue is whether the retroactive application of section 921.1402 applies
to homicide cases. Johnson and Andrevil dealt with non-homicide offenses, but
the court’s analysis focused on section 921.1402....
...and a meaningful opportunity for release based on demonstrated maturity and
rehabilitation. See Waiters, 42 Fla. L. Weekly S751; Andrevil,
226 So. 3d 867;
Tarrand,
199 So. 3d 507. I therefore would reverse and remand the case to the
trial court for resentencing in accordance with section
921.1402.
* * *
Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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...Concepcion,
Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
This matter comes back to this court on appeal following the Florida Supreme
Court’s opinion ordering that “the case be further remanded for resentencing in
conformance with sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402 of the Florida
Statutes.” Hegwood v....
...However, we agree that the trial court erred when it ordered
that Hegwood was not entitled to judicial review of any of his sentences until
after seventy-five years. See Phillips v. State,
286 So. 3d 905, 909 (Fla. 1st DCA
2019). The plain meaning of section
921.1402 dictates that Hegwood is entitled
to a review of each consecutive life sentence after twenty-five years of that
sentence. See Michel,
257 So. 3d at 4. The trial court’s decision to decline to
review Hegwood’s sentence until he has served seventy-five years of his sentence
denies him the twenty-five-year review he is entitled to under section
921.1402.
See Hernandez, 43 Fla....
...ot require Hegwood to
be present. See Hernandez, 43 Fla. L. Weekly at D1081. Since Hegwood has
already served thirty-two years of his life sentence under the first murder count,
he is entitled to a review hearing for that specific murder conviction. §
921.1402(2) Fla....
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...The trial court again
imposed a twenty-five-year mandatory minimum sentence on each count.
However, because of the change in juvenile sentencing law, the trial court
also provided for a sentencing review on both counts after twenty-five
years, citing to sections
775.082(3)(b)2.a. and
921.1402(2)(b), Florida
Statutes (2019)....
...is punishable by a term of imprisonment for life or by a term of years not
exceeding life imprisonment” and who is subsequently “sentenced to a
term of imprisonment of more than 20 years [for such nonhomicide
offense] is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(d).” §
775.082(3)(c), Fla. Stat. (2019). Section
921.1402,
Florida Statutes (2019), provides that “[a] juvenile offender sentenced to a
term of 20 years or more under s.
775.082(3)(c) is entitled to a review of
his or her sentence after 20 years.” §
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...At the time of his
motion, the Florida Supreme Court had extended Miller to juvenile life
sentences even with the possibility of parole in Atwell v. State,
197 So. 3d
1040 (Fla. 2016). 2 Appellant requested sentencing pursuant to sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...During
the hearing, the court also questioned appellant about his understanding
of what he may be giving up by seeking resentencing under the new
statute. The appellant acknowledged that he understood.
The court resentenced appellant to life in prison with the required
judicial review pursuant to section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
On appeal, appellant claims that the court erred in sentencing him
pursuant to section
921.1401, because the statute does not apply to his
crime committed in 1977, and it would violate the ex post facto clause of
the Florida and Federal Constitutions....
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...2015) ], which applied the new sentence review statute to a Graham-eligible defendant, he is not entitled to the benefit of the new sentence review statute because his previous convictions for another separate armed robbery and conspiracy to -commit armed robbery disentitle him to relief. See § 921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
...er than twenty years, are entitled to judicial review. We therefore hold that all juveniles who have sentences that violate Graham are entitled to resentencing pursuant to chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014)....
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...offender, who is convicted of certain serious offenses, an
individualized sentencing hearing. If the nonhomicide
juvenile offender is sentenced to more than twenty years, the
court must provide a judicial review after twenty years,
pursuant to section 921.1402(2)(d), to afford him or her a
meaningful opportunity to obtain early release....
...bodily harm, the juvenile must be sentenced to a twenty-five-
year mandatory minimum. §
775.087(2), Fla. Stat. (2012).
Nonetheless, he or she would still be entitled to a twenty-year
statutory review of his or her sentence under section
921.1402(2)(d) with the possibility of early release....
...year sentence with twenty-five-year mandatory minimum
because it failed to provide defendant with judicial review, and
thereby, meaningful opportunity for future release). At that
judicial review, after considering the enumerated factors of
section 921.1402(6) along with any other factor it deems
appropriate to review the juvenile’s sentence, the sentencing
court is authorized to modify the sentence and impose a term
of probation of at least five years if the court determines
modification is warranted. § 921.1402(7), Fla....
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...Miller appeals the trial court’s September 16, 2015 order denying his
3.850(b)(2) motion for post-conviction relief, arguing he is entitled to resentencing
in conformance with chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, which has been codified
in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...30,
2016), Miller is entitled to judicial review of his sentence.
We therefore reverse Miller’s first-degree murder sentence and remand to
the trial court for the appropriate resentencing under section
775.082(1)(b)(1),
Florida Statutes (2016), section
921.1401, Florida Statutes (2014), and section
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2015).
Reversed and remanded with directions.
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...and Horsley v. State,
160 So. 3d 393 (Fla. 2015), which determined that chapter
2014-220 is applicable to all juvenile offenders whose sentences are
unconstitutional under Miller and Graham.” Morris, 40 Fla. L. Weekly D1948.
See §§
775.082,
921.1401,
921.1402, Fla....
...5th DCA 2015)
(citing Henry in remanding for resentencing in accordance with Florida’s 2014
juvenile sentencing legislation); cf. Abrakata v. State,
168 So. 3d 251, 252 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2015) (noting that “absent a violation of Graham, there is no legal basis to
retroactively apply section
921.1402 (or any other provision of the juvenile
sentencing legislation enacted in 2014) to the 2011 offense in this case”)....
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sentencing hearing and to sentence Francis to a term-of-years. If Francis is
sentenced to a term-of-years in excess of twenty years, he is entitled to a
subsequent judicial review of his sentence. §§
775.021(3)(c),
921.1402(2)(d), Fla.
Stat....
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...as proposed by the Committee.
First, we amend rule 3.781 throughout to replace the term
“defendant” with the term “juvenile offender.” Additionally, rule
3.781(c)(1) is reworded to provide greater clarity. Finally, additional
language is added to reference section 921.1402, Florida Statutes,
and to specify that the trial court must issue written findings
specifying which subsection of the statute applies, when the
juvenile offender is eligible to apply for a sentence review hearing,
and that the De...
...review
hearing.
Next, we amend rule 3.802, to replace the word “defendant”
with the words “juvenile offender” throughout. Additionally,
language indicating that the juvenile offender must provide
information that is not required by section 921.1402, Florida
Statutes, is deleted from rule 3.802.
Finally, we adopt new rule 3.996....
...by the
court prior to imposing a sentence of life imprisonment or a term of
years equal to life imprisonment. The court shall make written
findings as to whether the defendantjuvenile offender is eligible for
a sentence review hearing under sections 921.1402subsections
(2)(a), (2)(b), or (2)(c), of section 921.1402, Florida Statutes, based
on whether the defendantjuvenile offender killed, attempted to kill,
or intended to kill the victim. If the juvenile offender is found
eligible for a sentence review hearing, the court shall issue a written
order specifying:
(A) which subsection of section 921.1402(2),
Florida Statutes, applies;
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(B) when the juvenile offender is eligible to apply
for a sentence review hearing; and
(C) that subsection 921.1402(3), Florida Statutes,
requires the Department of Corrections to notify the juvenile
offender when he or she will be eligible to apply for a sentence
review hearing.
(2) A defendantjuvenile offender who is convicted of an...
...tutes,
shall not be eligible for a sentence review hearing if the trial court
finds that the defendantjuvenile offender has previously been
convicted of one of the enumerated offenses, or conspiracy to
commit one of the enumerated offenses, found in section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes.
(3) [No Change]
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RULE 3.802....
...(5) if the application is being filed by a juvenile offender
sentenced to life pursuant to section
775.082(1)(b)1., Florida
Statutes, a statement certifying that the applicant has not been
previously convicted of one of the offenses enumerated in sections
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10., Florida Statutes, or conspiracy to commit
one of offenses enumerated in sections
921.1402(2)(a)1.–(2)(a)10.,
Florida Statutes, in a separate criminal transaction or episode than
that which resulted in the sentence under section
775.082(1)(b)1.,
Florida Statutes.
(d) – (g) [No Change]
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RULE 3.996....
...INSTRUCTIONS FOR FILING APPLICATION FOR SENTENCE
REVIEW HEARING
PURSUANT TO FLORIDA RULE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 3.802.
READ CAREFULLY
1. You may file this application at any point after you are
statutorily eligible, pursuant to section 921.1402, Florida Statutes.
2....
...reviewed.
5. You are not required to pay a filing fee to file the attached
application.
6. A second or successive application shall be denied
without a hearing unless the initial application was denied as
premature, or pursuant to section
921.1402(2)(d), Florida Statutes,
the initial application was submitted by a juvenile offender
sentenced to a term of 20 years or more under section
775.082(3)(c), Florida Statutes, and more than 10 years has elapsed
since the initial sentenc...
...APPLICATION FOR SENTENCE REVIEW HEARING
1. .....(print your name)....., hereinafter “juvenile offender,”
respectfully moves this Honorable Court to hold a sentence review
hearing pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.802 and
section 921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...If yes, what was the date the previous application
was filed?
b. What was the disposition of the previous
application?
5. Juvenile offender is indigent and will be seeking the
appointment of counsel for the sentence review hearing as
authorized by section 921.1402(5), Florida Statutes, (only if
applicable);
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6....
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...State,
84 So. 3d 437, 442-43 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012).
Furthermore, the trial court also orally ruled that Abraham was entitled to judicial review
of his sentence after twenty years’ incarceration. See Barnes v. State,
175 So. 3d 380,
382 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015); §
921.1402(2)(d), Fla....
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...If the court finds that life imprisonment is not an
appropriate sentence, such person shall be punished by a
term of imprisonment of at least 40 years. A person sentenced
pursuant to this subparagraph is entitled to a review of his or
her sentence in accordance with s. 921.1402(2)(a).
2....
...with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an
appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term
of imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review
of his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c).
§
775.082(1)(b)1.-2., Fla. Stat. (2017) (emphasis added). Section
921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2017), provides in pertinent part:
(a) A juvenile offender sentenced under s....
...criminal transaction or episode].
...
3
(c) A juvenile offender sentenced to a term of more than 15
years under s.
775.082(1)(b)2. . . . is entitled to a review of
his or her sentence after 15 years.
§
921.1402(2)(a), (c), Fla....
...otherwise notifying the parties. On the 2018 order’s first page, the trial
court handwrote: “Corrected as to min/man.” On the second page, the
trial court checked the box next to “other mandatory minimum” and
handwrote: “40 yrs CT I and II pursuant to F.S. 921.1402(2)(a).” At the
bottom of that page, next to the trial court’s signature, the trial court
handwrote: “nunc pro tunc” to the 2017 resentencing order....
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...ar mandatory minimum
portion of this sentence. We also note that in response to Graham and
Miller, effective July 1, 2014, the Florida Legislature enacted legislation
providing for mandatory review of a juvenile’s sentence after twenty-five
years. § 921.1402(2)(a), (b), Fla....
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...factors specified in section
921.1401, Florida Statutes (2014), and
concluded that a life sentence remained appropriate for the
murder conviction. The court resentenced Serrano to life in
prison, with the right to judicial review after twenty-five years
under section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes. The court also
imposed concurrent sentences of fifteen years for conspiracy and
forty years for armed robbery, with the right to judicial review
after twenty years under section
921.1402(2)(d).
This is Serrano’s appeal from the new sentencing order.
II.
We first consider Serrano’s argument that his constitutional
rights to a jury trial required the circuit court to empanel a jury
for his resentencing....
...at 474-75
(noting that death and juvenile “life-without-parole sentences”
are similar in their permanency and irrevocability). The life
sentence imposed here is neither permanent nor irrevocable
because Serrano has the right to judicial review after twenty-five
years. § 921.1402(2)(a), Fla....
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...ttempted
robbery with a deadly weapon, sexual battery, and attempted battery without comment.
However, in light of recent decisions of the Florida Supreme Court addressing juvenile
life and lengthy term-of-years sentences and the applicability of section 921.1402,
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Florida Statutes (2014), we reverse Morris's sixty-five-year sentences for the armed
burglary conviction in case 2008-CF-9210 and for the kidnapping and two sexual battery
conv...
...with the holdings of Henry and Horsley v.
State,
160 So. 3d 393 (Fla. 2015), which determined that chapter 2014-220 is
applicable to all juvenile offenders whose sentences are unconstitutional under Miller
and Graham. See §§
775.082,
921.1401,
921.1402, Fla....
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...followed by ten years of probation, with credit for 1,933 days.
Appellant filed a motion pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure
3.800(b)(2) with the sentencing court, arguing that he should have been
sentenced based on the guidelines in Graham and section 921.1402(2)(d),
Florida Statutes (2014). The trial court denied the motion because
appellant’s offense predated the July 1, 2014 offense date stated in section
921.1402, and because appellant’s sentence was not a de facto life
sentence subject to the requirements of Graham.
On appeal, appellant argues that the 35-year prison sentence, followed
by ten years of probation, does not afford a meani...
...that Graham “does indeed apply to term-of-years sentences” and that such
sentences need not be “de facto life” sentences. Id. at 1240 (quoting
Kelsey,
206 So. 3d at 10). Here, the trial court denied appellant’s
postconviction motion to be sentenced under section
921.1402(2)(d),
Florida Statutes, because his offense predated July 1, 2014 and because
appellant’s 35-year sentence was not a de facto life sentence....
...rehabilitation, as detailed in Johnson II.
Accordingly, we reverse appellant’s sentence and remand for
resentencing in accordance with the sentencing procedures set forth in
chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, as codified in sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
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Affirmed in part, Reversed in part and Remanded.
CONNER and FORST, JJ., concur.
* * *
Not final until disposition of timely filed moti...
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...§
775.082(l)(b)l, Fla. Stat. Appellant is not entitled to parole since the Florida Supreme Court in Horsley explicitly rejected parole’s statutory, revival. Id., 160 So.3d *116 at 406-07 . Furthermore, unless he has a disqualifying conviction under section
921.1402(2)(a), Florida Statutes, Appellant will be entitled to the sentence review after 25 years as provided by section
921.1402, Florida Statutes, under Horsley....
...Reverse Williams rule evidence is evidence offered by the defense pursuant-to .section
90.404(2), Florida Statutes. See Rivera v. *115 State,
561 So.2d 536 (Fla.1990), and State v. Savino,
567 So.2d 892 (Fla.1990). . This law revised section
775.082, Florida Statutes, and added sections
921.1401 and
921.1402, Florida Statutes....
...We have also held that without a violation of Graham v. Florida,
560 U.S. 48 ,
130 S.Ct. 2011 ,
176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), that is, without the improper imposition of a de facto life sentence, a defendant has no entitlement to the sentence review hearing added by Chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, in section
921.1402, Florida Statutes. See Kelsey; Lambert v. State,
170 So.3d 74 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015); and Abrakata v. State,
168 So.3d 251 (Fla. 1st DCA 2015). We recognize the anomaly that the Appellant will receive a sentence review under section
921.1402(2)(a), for his first degree murder conviction but not for home invasion robbery while armed with a firearm....
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...Second,
the trial court incorrectly applied the theory of statutory revival when
considering possible sentences for Appellant.
As discussed above, Florida has adopted a new sentencing scheme for
juvenile defendants who commit capital felonies. Codified in sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402, Florida Statutes (2014), this new
legislation provides, in part, that a juvenile defendant who commits a
capital felony shall be punished by either a life sentence or by a term of at
least forty years....
...In determining if a life sentence is
appropriate, the trial court should conduct a hearing, considering “factors
relevant to the offense and the defendant’s youth and attendant
circumstances,” including the factors enumerated in section
2
921.1401(2)(a)-(j). §
921.1401(2). Under section
921.1402(2)(a), “[a]
juvenile offender sentenced under s....
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...denying in part his Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a) motion to correct illegal
sentence. The court granted Maxwell, a juvenile nonhomicide offender, a judicial review
hearing of his lengthy prison sentence under sections
775.082,
921.1401, and
921.1402,
Florida Statutes (2017), but denied his separate request for a resentencing hearing.
Based upon our recent precedent, we agree with Maxwell that he is entitled to a
resentencing hearing pursuant to section
921.1402....
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...The trial court did not mention anything about a weapon in
its discussion of the proper sentence. Thus, any error was harmless. By
definition, a harmless error cannot be fundamental error, nor can it be
prejudicial for purposes of an ineffective assistance claim.
The trial court complied with sections
921.1401 and
921.1402,
Florida Statutes, in imposing sentence
Additional Facts
At the sentencing hearing, the prosecutor noted that appellant was 16
years old when the crimes occurred and that the sentencing would proceed
under section
921.1401, Florida Statutes....
...on not to sentence
[appellant] to life imprisonment.” Finally, the trial court agreed that the
sentence lacked a review mechanism and indicated that an order would
be entered specifying that appellant was “entitled to judicial review
pursuant to section 921.1402, Florida Statutes, after fifteen (15) years in
prison for murder in the first degree because there was no factual finding
that appellant “actually killed the victim,” and that appellant was “entitled
to have his sentence for ar...
...If the court finds
that life imprisonment is not an appropriate sentence, such
person shall be punished by a term of imprisonment of at least
40 years. A person sentenced pursuant to this subparagraph
is entitled to a review of his or her sentence in accordance with
s. 921.1402(2)(a).
2....
...with s.
921.1401, the court finds that life imprisonment is an
appropriate sentence. A person who is sentenced to a term of
imprisonment of more than 15 years is entitled to a review of
his or her sentence in accordance with s.
921.1402(2)(c).
§
775.082(1)(b)1.–2., Fla....
...or attempted to kill the victim results in a minimum sentence of forty years’
imprisonment under subsection (1)(b)1. Without this finding, the trial
court is not required to impose a minimum sentence.” Williams v. State,
242 So. 3d 280, 288 (Fla. 2018). “Further, under section
921.1402, a
finding of actual killing, intent to kill, or attempt to kill entitles a juvenile
offender to a sentence review in twenty-five years, whereas without the
finding, the juvenile offender is entitled to a sentence review in fifteen years
....
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...On remand, Lacue was resentenced to life imprisonment.
Lacue raises five issues on appeal, and we affirm without comment with
one exception.
Lacue argues—and the state concedes—that the trial court should have
included language in the resentencing order providing for sentence review
after 25 years as required by section
921.1402(2)(a). We accept the
concession and remand for the trial court to provide for sentence review.
See §
775.082(1)(b)3., Fla. Stat. (2017) (“The court shall make a written
finding as to whether a person is eligible for a sentence review hearing
under s.
921.1402(2)(a) or (c).”); Cook v....
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...felony enhanced to a capital felony, but it included a review procedure to
determine whether such sentence was appropriate under the
circumstances and for a further review after twenty-five years.
§
921.1401(1), Fla. Stat. (2014). Although sections
921.1401 and
921.1402 were enacted in July 2014, in Horsley v....
...e
system do not violate “Graham’s requirement that
juveniles . . . have a meaningful opportunity to receive
parole.” LeBlanc, 137 S. Ct. at 1729. Therefore, such juvenile
offenders are not entitled to resentencing under section
921.1402, Florida Statutes.
Michel, 257 So....
...preme court held that a
juvenile offender’s sentence of life in prison with possibility of parole after
twenty-five years did not violate the Eighth Amendment, and that juveniles
who received such a sentence were not entitled to resentencing under
section 921.1402....