Jose A. Gonzalez v. State of Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the Court
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL STATE OF FLORIDA _____________________________ No. 1D17-1254 _____________________________ JOSE A. GONZALEZ, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. _____________________________ On appeal from the Circuit Court for Bay County. Hentz McClellan, Judge. August 24, 2018 PER CURIAM. Jose A. Gonzalez was 16 years, 10 months old when he committed first degree murder by stabbing a stranger twelve times. Following a jury trial, he was sentenced to life pursuant to the sentencing scheme later invalidated in the wake of Miller v. Alabama,
567 U.S. 460
(2012). Gonzalez’…
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- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
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