Lewis v. State

Paul Lewis appeals from the trial court’s order denying his motion for postconviction relief. Lewis contends that his sentence of life with parole eligibility amounts to a de facto life sentence and violates Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010). We affirm.

The limited record in this case reveals the following 1:

In 1981, the defendant Paul Lewis (sixteen years old at the time), was charged with five counts of armed robbery and two counts of aggravated battery. Lewis later entered a negotiated guilty plea in exchange for five concurrent life sentences on the…