Blanchard St. Val v. State of Florida

Appellant argues that the twenty-five-year minimum mandatory sentence he received for attempted first-degree murder committed when he was seventeen years old violates the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Appellant argues that a logical and reasonable extension of recent United States Supreme Court decisions warrants the conclusion that a twenty-five-year minimum mandatory sentence constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. We disagree and decline to find that a twenty-five-year minimum mandatory sentence for a non-homicide offense committed when appellant was seventeen…