Manuel v. State

VILLANTI, Judge.

Ian Manuel appeals the summary denial of his motion for postconviction relief filed pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. In that motion, he raised only a single issue — that his two sentences of life in prison without the possibility of parole constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution because he was a juvenile when he committed the nonhomicide offenses at issue. The post-conviction court properly denied Mr. Manuel’s motion based on the law in effect when it made its ruling. However, while this case…