Legal Opinion

JOHNNY TREVON COOK v. STATE OF FLORIDA

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided July 19, 2017No. 4D16-2788PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Per curiam

In Cook v. State, 190 So.3d 215 (Fla. 4th DCA 2016), we affirmed appellant’s convictions but reversed for resentencing because appellant’s aggregate sentence of 93 years “did not give him a ‘meaningful opportunity to obtain release based on demonstrated maturity and rehabilitation,’ and was thus unconstitutional.” Id. at 216 (quoting Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 75, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010)).

At the resentencing hearing on remand, the trial judge heard testimony and resen-tenced appellant to an aggregate sentence' of 70 years. The trial judge recognized that appellant would be…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Dennis v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1997
  3. Johnny Trevon Cook v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. ALDEN BENJAMIN WHITE v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2018
  2. JONATHAN LACUE v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  3. Brown v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  4. Edward Babbs v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2026

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