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RATLIFF v. STATE

Nos. SC02-1239, SC03-2059, SC03-2304.

914 So.2d 938 (2005)

Kevin E. RATLIFF, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent. Harry W. Seifert, Petitioner, v. State of Florida, Respondent. McArthur Helm, Petitioner, v. James V. Crosby, Jr., etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied November 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin E. Ratliff, pro se, Okeechobee, FL, for Petitioner.

Charles J. Crist, Jr., Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent in Nos. SC02-1239 and SC03-2059.

Harry w. Seifert, pro se, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

McArthur Helm, pro se, Raiford, FL, for Petitioner.

Louis A. Vargas, General Counsel, Department of Corrections, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Kevin Ratliff, Harry Seifert, and McArthur Helm have each petitioned this Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that their life sentences are unconstitutional. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. We have consolidated these cases for purposes of this opinion.

Petitioners assert that their respective sentences of life imprisonment violate article 1, section 17 of the Florida Constitution,1...

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