GRIDINE v. STATE

No. 1D10-2517.

89 So.3d 909 (2011)

Shimeek GRIDINE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 30, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hon. Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, and Gail E. Anderson , Assistant Public Defender, for Appellant.

Hon. Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Therese A. Savona , Assistant Attorney General, for Appellee.


HAWKES, J.

Appellant, Shimeek Gridine, argues that the United States Supreme Court's holding in Graham v. Florida, ___ U.S. ___, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), prohibits Florida trial courts from imposing a seventy-year sentence on juvenile defendants. We disagree with his assertion that his sentence is the "functional equivalent" of a natural life sentence without the possibility...

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