CRUZ v. STATE

No. 2D13-2217.

164 So.3d 117 (2015)

Jessie CRUZ, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

May 8, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Maureen E. Surber , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Bilal A. Faruqui , Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


Jessie Cruz appeals the summary denial of his motion filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). Mr. Cruz alleged in his motion that he received a mandatory sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole for a first-degree murder that he committed when he was fifteen years old. The motion was denied...

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