Nathan WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Florida District Court of Appeal
· March 19, 2014 · Docket No. 4D09-4361
137 So. 3d 464
Syllabus
Nathan WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee. No. 4D09-4361. District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District. March 19, 2014. Antony P. Ryan, Regional Counsel, Genevieve Hall and Jennifer Workman Jesness, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant. Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.
Full Opinion (563 characters)
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. WARNER, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
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