Legal Opinion

Starks v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided September 18, 2013No. 2D12-5723PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WALLACE, Judge.

Maurice D. Starks appeals the order denying his motion filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(a). We affirm because neither Miller v. Alabama, -U.S.-,-, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 2475, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), nor Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 2030, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), applies to Starks’ life sentences for his homicide and his nonhomicide convictions, respectively. Consequently, his sentences are not illegal.

After a jury trial, Starks was convicted on November 8, 2002, of the lesser-included offense of second-degree murder with a firearm of James Kehoe…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Lawton v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2013
  4. Washington v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Laisha L. Landrum v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2016
  2. Torrence Lawton v. State of FloridaSupreme Court of Florida · 2015
  3. Javarris Lane v. State of FloridaDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  4. Mason v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
  5. Landrum v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015

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