Legal Opinion
Laisha L. Landrum v. State of Florida
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided June 9, 2016No. SC15-1071PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPariente, J.
Laisha L. Landrum was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for a second-degree murder she committed when she was sixteen years old. Landrum v. State, 163 So.3d 1261 (Fla. 2d DCA 2015). The Second District Court of Appeal affirmed the sentence but expressed concerns about the constitutionality of Landrum’s sentence and certified a question of great public importance, 1 which we rephrase as follows:
DOES A NON-MANDATORY LIFE SENTENCE WITHOUT PAROLE IMPOSED FOR SECOND-DEGREE MURDER VIOLATE THE EIGHTH AMENDMENT PURSUANT TO MILLER V ALABAMA [— U.S. ], 132 S.Ct 2455,183…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
- Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
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3Cited by30 opinions
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