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Hegstrom v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Nov 7, 2018
258 So. 3d 554 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)

Opinion

No. 3D17-2669

11-07-2018

Dennis HEGSTROM, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jonathan Greenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Nikole Hiciano, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jonathan Greenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Nikole Hiciano, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LAGOA, SCALES and LINDSEY, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

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.").


Summaries of

Hegstrom v. State

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida
Nov 7, 2018
258 So. 3d 554 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)
Case details for

Hegstrom v. State

Case Details

Full title:Dennis Hegstrom, Appellant, v. The State of Florida, Appellee.

Court:Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Date published: Nov 7, 2018

Citations

258 So. 3d 554 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2018)