Spencer v. State

Full title: Tavares Wayntell SPENCER Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

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

Date published: Nov 5, 2021

328 So. 3d 392 (Fla. Dist. Ct. App. 2021)

Opinion

No. 2D20-900

11-05-2021

Tavares Wayntell SPENCER Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant. Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan S. Tannen, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public Defender, and Pamela H. Izakowitz, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Ashley Moody, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jonathan S. Tannen, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. Bailey v. State , 277 So. 3d 173, 176-77 (Fla. 2d DCA 2019) ; Hall v. State , 319 So. 3d 691, 695-97 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) ; Martinez v. State , 256 So. 3d 897, 900 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018) ; Montgomery v. State , 230 So. 3d 1256, 1263 (Fla. 5th DCA 2017).

MORRIS, C.J., and LABRIT, J., Concur.

ATKINSON, J., Concurs in result only with opinion.

ATKINSON, J., Concurring.

I concur in result only. See Pedroza v. State , 291 So. 3d 541, 545, 548 (Fla. 2020) (holding that a sentence imposed "without individualized consideration of the offender's ‘youth and its attendant characteristics’ ... does not implicate ... Miller , unless it meets the threshold requirement of being a life sentence or the functional equivalent of a life sentence" (quoting Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 465, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012) )).