Alfred Woods v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledJanuary 19, 2022
Docket1D21-0649
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
FIRST DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
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No. 1D21-0649
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ALFRED WOODS,
Petitioner,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Respondent.
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Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus—Original Jurisdiction.
January 19, 2022
PER CURIAM.
In 1989, Alfred Woods—then a minor—pled guilty to murder
in the first degree and entered a plea agreement specifying a
sentence of life in prison with no eligibility for parole for twenty-
five years, as section 775.082(1), Florida Statutes, provided at the
time. Though the 1989 judgment and sentence specify a life term
and are silent on parole eligibility, no one contests that Woods’s
original judgment and sentence allowed for parole eligibility after
twenty-five years of incarceration. Because his original sentence,
which provides for possible parole after twenty-five years of
incarceration, is not violative of Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48
(2010), Woods is not entitled to resentencing. State v. Michel, 257
So. 3d 3, 8 (Fla. 2018) (holding that the defendant’s life sentence
with the possibility of parole after twenty-five years did not violate
his constitutional rights). On this basis, the relief sought is denied.
ROBERTS, MAKAR, and BILBREY, 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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Jessica J. Yeary, Public Defender, and Justin Foster Karpf,
Assistant Public Defender, Tallahassee, for Petitioner.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General, and Virginia Chester Harris and
Trisha Meggs Pate, Assistant Attorneys General, Tallahassee, for
Respondent.
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