WILLIAMS v. STATE (2020)

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.

Justin WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 3D19-2321

Decided: April 29, 2020

Before EMAS, C.J., and SCALES and GORDO, JJ.

Rier Jordan P.A., Miami, and Jonathan E. Jordan, for appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Michael W. Mervine, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Affirmed. See Pedroza v. State, No. SC18-964, 291 So.3d 541, 548 (Fla. Mar. 12, 2020) (“[A] juvenile offender's sentence does not implicate Graham[ v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010) ], and therefore Miller [v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) ], unless it meets the threshold requirement of being a life sentence or the functional equivalent of a life sentence.” (citing Morris v. State, 246 So. 3d 244, 245–46 (Fla. 2018) (Lawson, J., dissenting))).

PER CURIAM.

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