Johnson v. State

This is an appeal from the dismissal of appellant Taurin A. Johnson's pro se petition for a writ of habeas corpus wherein Johnson alleged that his life sentence is illegal pursuant to Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), which declared that mandatory life sentences are unconstitutional when the defendant is a juvenile at the time the offense is committed. Pending before this court is Johnson's pro se motion to file a belated brief.

An appeal from an order that denied a petition for postconviction relief, including an appeal from an order that denied a…