Legal Opinion

Currie v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 31, 2017No. CASE NO. 1D16-5578PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Per curiam

Appellant has filed a rule 3.800(a) motion in which he argues that because he was a juvenile when he committed the offense of sexual battery with a firearm and received a life sentence with the possibility of parole, he is entitled to be resen-tenced pursuant to Atwell v. State, 197 So.3d 1040 (Fla. 2016), and Henry v. State, 175 So.3d 675 (Fla. 2015). We disagree. Appellant was afforded a meaningful opportunity to obtain release and, in fact, was released on parole when he was 25 years old. He then violated parole and was reincarcerated. The Florida Commission on Offender Review has assigned…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Henry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  2. Angelo Atwell v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  3. Thomas v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2011

3Cited by16 opinions

  1. LARRY ROGERS v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  2. Vennisee v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  3. Lester Simmons v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019
  4. Rooks v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  5. Kenneth Wright v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017

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