Reynolds v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
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…
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