Opinion
No. 1D10–2517.
2012-05-29
Shimeek GRIDINE, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Adrian G. Soud, Judge. Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Therese A. Savona, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
An appeal from the Circuit Court for Duval County. Adrian G. Soud, Judge.
Nancy A. Daniels, Public Defender, and Gail E. Anderson, Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Therese A. Savona, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
Prior report: 2011 WL 6849649.
On Motion for Rehearing and Certification
PER CURIAM.
Having considered appellant's motion for rehearing and certification, we deny the motion for rehearing but grant the motion to certify a question of great public importance to the Florida Supreme Court.
We hereby certify the following question to be one of great public importance:
DOES THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION IN Graham v. Florida, –––U.S. ––––, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), PROHIBIT SENTENCING A FOURTEEN–YEAR–OLD TO A PRISON SENTENCE OF SEVENTY YEARS FOR THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED FIRST–DEGREE MURDER?