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DAWSON v. STATE

Nos. 4D11-2428, 4D13-871.

142 So.3d 948 (2014)

Javarous DAWSON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

July 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Ellen Griffin , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Katherine Y. McIntire , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

The defendant appeals his sentence for first-degree murder. He argues that, pursuant to Miller v. Alabama, ___ U.S. ___, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), the trial court erred in sentencing him, as a minor, to life in prison without the possibility of parole, and that a new sentencing hearing contemplated by Miller must occur on remand. We agree.

In Miller, the United States Supreme...

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