Cameron v. State

Full title: Giancarlo CAMERON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Date published: Aug 6, 2014

144 So. 3d 631 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2014)

Opinion

No. 4D11–4168.

2014-08-6

Giancarlo CAMERON, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; John Kastrenakes, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502009CF007177AXXMB. Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and David A. Henson, Special Assistant Public Defender, Brevard, NC, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm Beach County; John Kastrenakes, Judge; L.T. Case No. 502009CF007177AXXMB.

Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and David A. Henson, Special Assistant Public Defender, Brevard, NC, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Guzman v. State, 110 So.3d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). We certify conflict with Thomas v. State, 78 So.3d 644 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), and certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court:

1. DOES GRAHAM V. FLORIDA, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), APPLY TO LENGTHY TERM–OF–YEARS SENTENCES THAT AMOUNT TO DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCES?

2. IF SO, AT WHAT POINT DOES A TERM–OF–YEARS SENTENCE BECOME A DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCE?

Affirmed; conflict certified; questions certified. TAYLOR, LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.