HENRY v. STATE

No. SC12-578.

175 So.3d 675 (2015)

Leighdon HENRY, Petitioner, v. STATE of Florida, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Webster of Carlton Fields, P.A., Tallahassee, FL; and David L. Luck , and Christopher Bryan Corts of Carlton Fields, P.A., Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL; Kellie Anne Nielan , Assistant Attorney General, and Wesley Harold Heidt , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, FL, for Respondent.

Bryan Scott Gowdy of Creed & Gowdy, P.A., Jacksonville, FL, for Amicus Curiae Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Marsha L. Levick , Juvenile Law Center, Philadelphia, PA; and George E. Schulz, Jr. , of Holland & Knight, Jacksonville, FL, for Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center.

Angela Coin Vigil of Baker & McKenzie LLP, Miami, FL, for Amici Curiae Former Members of Judiciary, Former Prosecutors and Bar Leaders.


We have for review the Fifth District Court of Appeal's decision in Henry v. State, 82 So.3d 1084 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), holding that Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), does not apply to term-of-years prison sentences...

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