MORGAN v. STATE

No. 4D18-1866.

308 So.3d 199 (2020)

James A. MORGAN, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

December 9, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ashley Nicole Minton of Minton Law, P.A., Fort Pierce, and James Morgan, Raiford, pro se, for appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Deborah Koenig , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Appellant challenges his life sentence imposed pursuant to section 921.1401, Florida Statutes. He claims that the statute should not apply to him, because the crime occurred in 1977. Because appellant requested sentencing pursuant to the statute, we affirm.

In 1977, appellant was convicted and sentenced to death for first-degree...

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