Shimeeka Daquiel Gridine v. State of Florida

This case is before the Court for review of the decision of the First District Court of Appeal in Gridine v. State, 93 So.3d 360 (Fla. 1st DCA 2012). In its decision, the district court certified the following question as one of great public importance:

DOES THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT DECISION IN GRAHAM V. FLORIDA 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), PROHIBIT SENTENCING A FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLD TO A PRISON SENTENCE OF SEVENTY YEARS FOR THE CRIME OF ATTEMPTED FIRST-DEGREE MURDER?

Id. at 361 (parallel citations omitted). We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(4), Fla. Const.

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