Lightsey Jr. v. State

Samuel Lee Lightsey, Jr. (“Lightsey”) appeals the trial court’s order denying his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm.

In 1981, Lightsey was tried, convicted, and sentenced to three consecutive non-mandatory life sentences for three counts of second degree murder. When he committed these offenses in 1980, he was a juvenile.' Lightsey contends that based on the United States Supreme Court’s decisions in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), and Miller v. Alabama, — U.S. -, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183…