Treacy v. Lamberti

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Treacy v. Lamberti, 80 So.3d 1053 (Fla. 4th DCA 2012), holding that the United States Supreme Court’s decision in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), does not impact a juvenile defendant’s entitlement to bond because the Florida Constitution “focuses on the classification of the offense to determine entitlement to pretrial release, and not the potential severity of punishment.” Treacy, 80 So.3d at 1054. Because the district court expressly construed a…