Legal Opinion

Reynolds v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided June 19, 2013No. 3D12-2296PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SCHWARTZ, Senior Judge.

The defendant seeks reversal of the adverse aspects of the following decision:

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After a jury found him guilty, the then trial judge in January of 2002 sentenced Mr. Reynolds to life in prison on count one of the information, for robbery with a firearm. As noted in the Graham opinion, under Florida law a life sentence gives a defendant in Mr. Reynold’s position “no possibility of release unless he is granted executive clemency.” See [Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 2020, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010) ]. As a result, under Graham, I hereby vacate Mr. Reynold’s…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  2. Reed v. SlakanSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. United States v. Michael KlopfCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2005
  4. Henry v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012
  5. Fasenmyer v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1984

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Henry v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  2. Martinez v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2017
  3. Leighdon Henry v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  4. State v. BynesDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  5. Hughes v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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