Gonzalez v. State

We affirm but address one issue: whether appellant’s sentence of life in prison for first-degree premeditated murder, which he committed as a juvenile, violates federal and state prohibitions against cruel and unusual punishment.

“[Cjases addressing the proportionality of sentences fall within two general classifications.” Graham v. Florida, — U.S.-,-, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 2021, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010). “The first involves challenges to the length of term-of-years sentences given all the circumstances in a particular case.... The second classification of cases has used categorical rules to define…