Kirkland v. State

Ronald Deerick Kirkland appeals his convictions, entered after jury trial and verdicts, and the 40-year sentence im*1148posed upon the trial court’s granting of post-conviction relief. In his motion for post-conviction relief, Appellant had claimed that the trial court illegally imposed the adult sanctions because the court never considered the propriety of juvenile sanctions, as required by section 985.565(4)(a)2., Florida Statutes. The trial court corrected this error by acknowledging the availability of juvenile sanctions and the particular circumstances of this case. The court then imposed the…