Jordan v. State

Full title: William JORDAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

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

Date published: Oct 26, 2022

350 So. 3d 793 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2022)

Opinion

No. 3D22-1116

10-26-2022

William JORDAN, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.

William Jordan, in proper person. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

PER CURIAM.

William Jordan, in proper person.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, for appellee.

Before LOGUE, MILLER and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

We affirm under the cases holding that a forty-year sentence is not the functional equivalent of a life sentence. Pedroza v. State, 291 So. 3d 541, 549 (Fla. 2020) ; Moss v. State, 305 So. 3d 730, 731 (Fla. 3d DCA 2020) (holding "a juvenile offender is only entitled to Eighth Amendment relief if he or she is serving a life sentence or the functional equivalent of a life sentence").

Affirmed.