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Loyd v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Aug 18, 2020
311 So. 3d 969 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)

Opinion

Case No. 5D20-1445

08-18-2020

Jonathan LOYD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Dane K. Chase, of Chase Law Florida, P.A., Saint Petersburg, for Appellant. No Appearance for Appellee.


Dane K. Chase, of Chase Law Florida, P.A., Saint Petersburg, for Appellant.

No Appearance for Appellee.

PER CURIAM. AFFIRMED. See Farmer v. State , 268 So. 3d 1009, 1010–12 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019) (holding that the constitutional prohibitions against cruel and unusual or excessive punishments did not bar a sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole for a defendant who was eighteen years old at the time he committed a murder as "[i]t is well established that eighteen is the dividing line between adult privileges and responsibilities and the privileges and responsibilities of children").

EVANDER, C.J., LAMBERT and GROSSHANS, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Loyd v. State

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT
Aug 18, 2020
311 So. 3d 969 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)
Case details for

Loyd v. State

Case Details

Full title:JONATHAN LOYD, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.

Court:DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

Date published: Aug 18, 2020

Citations

311 So. 3d 969 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2020)