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Dennis HEGSTROM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Affirmed. See State v. Michel, 257 So.3d 3, 2018 WL 3613383 (Fla. July 12, 2018) (“[W]e hold that juvenile offenders' sentences of life with the possibility of parole after 25 years do not violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution as delineated by the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and Virginia v. LeBlanc, ––– U.S. ––––, 137 S.Ct. 1726, 198 L.Ed.2d 186 (2017); Romero v. State, 105 So.3d 550, 552-53 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012) (“[A]ppellant was not a juvenile at the time of the offense. He urges us to overlook this fact by focusing on the juvenile nature of his mental and emotional development. He argues, in essence, that he was a juvenile in all but age. ․ Graham[ v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010) ] is not controlling for an adult defendant.”).
PER CURIAM.
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Docket No: No. 3D17-2669
Decided: November 07, 2018
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
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