PHILLIPS v. STATE

No. 1D17-5383.

286 So.3d 905 (2019)

Joshua PHILLIPS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

December 17, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. "Rex" Dimmig, II , Public Defender, and Carol J. Y. Wilson , Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, and Benjamin L. Hoffman , Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.


Joshua Phillips appeals his sentence of life in prison for a first-degree murder he committed when he was a juvenile. We affirm on all issues and write only to address his arguments that his sentence and the statutory scheme he was sentenced under violate the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 17...

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