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LEWIS v. STATE

No. 3D12-1081.

118 So.3d 291 (2013)

Paul LEWIS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

July 31, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Martinez , Public Defender, and Brian Lee Ellison , Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, for appellee.

Before CORTIÑAS, EMAS, and LOGUE, JJ.

EMAS, J.

Paul Lewis appeals from the trial court's order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Lewis contends that his sentence of life with parole eligibility amounts to a de facto life sentence and violates Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010). We affirm.

The limited record in this case reveals the following1:

In 1981, the...

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