Earley v. Florida Commission on Offender Review

Jon A. Earley seeks certiorari review of the denial of his petition for writ of mandamus, in which he challenged the Florida Commission on Offender Review’s establishment of his presumptive parole release date. Among his several arguments, we find merit to one of Earley’s claims and on that basis grant his petition.

Having entered a plea of guilty to a charge of first-degree murder, Earley is serving a sentence of life imprisonment without possibility of parole for 25 years. Prior to the murder offense, Earley had pled guilty in Oklahoma to a charge of robbery with a firearm and was placed on…