Harry Lee Davis, Jr. v. State of Florida
CourtDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida
Date FiledMarch 11, 2020
Docket2D18-0090
StatusPublished
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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
OF FLORIDA
SECOND DISTRICT
HARRY LEE DAVIS, JR., )
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Appellant, )
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v. ) Case No. 2D18-90
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STATE OF FLORIDA, )
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Appellee. )
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Opinion filed March 11, 2020.
Appeal from the Circuit Court for Polk
County; Reinaldo Ojeda, Judge.
Howard L. Dimmig, II, Public
Defender, and Maureen E. Surber,
Assistant Public Defender, Bartow,
for Appellant.
Ashley Moody, Attorney General,
Tallahassee, and Peter Koclanes,
Assistant Attorney General, Tampa,
for Appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See White v. State, 271 So. 3d 1023, 1028 (Fla. 4th DCA 2019)
("Florida's juvenile sentencing procedure set forth in section 921.1401[, Florida
Statutes,] does not violate the Sixth Amendment under Apprendi [v. New Jersey, 530
U.S. 466 (2000),] and its progeny."); Simmons v. State, 267 So. 3d 1067, 1069 (Fla. 1st
DCA 2019) ("[T]his Court has previously rejected the argument that a jury, rather than
the trial court, must determine whether a life sentence is appropriate under the statutory
factors in section 921.1401."); Beckman v. State, 230 So. 3d 77, 97 (Fla. 3d DCA 2017)
("Florida's juvenile sentencing procedure set forth in section 921.1401, as contemplated
by Miller [v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (2012)], does not violate the Sixth Amendment
under Apprendi and its progeny."), review denied, SC17-2060, 2018 WL 3213795 (Fla.
July 2, 2018), cert. denied, Beckman v. Florida, 139 S. Ct. 1166 (2019).
KELLY, SALARIO, and ATKINSON, JJ., Concur.
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