AUSTIN v. STATE

No. 1D12-4265.

127 So.3d 1286 (2013)

Raymond M. AUSTIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy A. Daniels , Public Defender, and A. Victoria Wiggins , Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, and Michael McDermott , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The court finds no reversible error on either of the issues raised in this direct appeal of a judgment and sentence for attempted second-degree murder. We note that, based on his own calculations, appellant's mandatory minimum sentence of imprisonment for forty-five years does not result in a sentence that exceeds this juvenile's life expectancy. Therefore, appellant's sentence is not a de facto life sentence in violation of Graham v. Florida, 560...

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