Patrick Hawkins v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJuly 21, 2020
Docket1D19-4443
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D19-4443
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PATRICK HAWKINS,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
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On appeal from the Circuit Court for Jefferson County.
Dawn Caloca-Johnson, Judge.
July 21, 2020
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See § 921.1402(1), Fla. Stat. (2019) (making 25-
year judicial review available only for offenses committed on or
after July 1, 2014); see also Pedroza v. State, 291 So. 3d 541, 549
(Fla. 2020) (receding from principle in cases like Kelsey and
Johnson “that resentencing is required for all juvenile offenders
serving a sentence longer than twenty years without the
opportunity for early release based on demonstrated maturity and
rehabilitation”); id. at 548 (holding that “a juvenile offender’s
sentence does not implicate Graham, and therefore Miller, unless
it meets the threshold requirement of being a life sentence or the
functional equivalent of a life sentence”).
ROWE, MAKAR, and TANENBAUM, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of any timely and
authorized motion under Fla. R. App. P. 9.330 or
9.331.
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Patrick Hawkins, pro se, Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Barbara Debelius, Assistant
Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Appellee.
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