Legal Opinion
Hernandez v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 20, 2013No. 3D08-2892PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLogue, J.
On September 24, 2008, a jury found Michael Hernandez guilty of the first-degree murder of a fourteen-year-old middle school student and the attempted first-degree murder of a thirteen-year-old student. At the time of his crimes, Hernandez was fourteen years old. The trial court sentenced Hernandez to life without the possibility of parole for first-degree murder and to a consecutive term of thirty years for attempted first-degree murder.
*780On direct appeal, Hernandez raises four issues: (1) whether his sentence for first-degree murder violates the prohibitions against cruel and unusual…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
- Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Roper v. SimmonsSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- Copeland v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2014
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