Johnny Trevon Cook v. State of Florida
District Court of Appeal of Florida
1Opinion of the CourtStevenson, J.
Johnny Cook appeals his conviction of four counts of attempted second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault, one count of shooting a deadly missile, and one count of possession of a firearm by a minor, and his sentence of an aggregate ninety-three years in prison. We affirm his conviction, but reverse the sentence and remand for resentencing.
A life-without-parole sentence for a juvenile nonhomicide offender is unconstitutional, under the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 82, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), as modified (July 6,…
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