Supreme Court of Florida

Dante Rashad Morris, Petitioner v. State of Florida, Respondent.

May 10, 2018246 So. 3d 244

Summary

The Florida Supreme Court ordered that the juvenile offender’s concurrent thirty‑year and fifteen‑year sentences be resentenced because the sentencing court failed to make the statutory findings required by chapter 2014‑220 and the sentences lack a review mechanism. The Court held the statutes apply despite the offenses occurring before the law’s effective date. Justice Lawson dissented, arguing Graham does not require resentencing absent a life‑type sentence.