Adams v. State

Appellant was convicted of attempted, first-degree, murder, armed burglary, and armed robbery and sentenced to a total of 60 years in prison with an aggregate minimum mandatory term of 50 years. He raises four issues in this direct appeal, only one of which merits discussion: whether his sentence is a “de facto life • senténce” that is unconstitutional based on Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010).1 We conclude that it is and remand for resentencing.

Appellant was 16 years, 10 months old when he robbed the victim at gunpoint and shot the victim multiple times,…