Britt v. State

Summary

The court dismissed the appeal from the denial of a habeas-corpus petition because the appellant could not prevail on his claim that his juvenile life sentence for first-degree murder was illegal. It held that the sentence was not mandatory because the applicable sentencing range allowed the jury to impose any term from ten years to life, so the constitutional rule concerning mandatory juvenile life-without-parole sentences did not apply. The court also noted that the petition lacked the evidentiary support required to establish probable cause for habeas relief.