Giancarlo Cameron v. State , 144 So. 3d 631 ( 2014 )

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA
FOURTH DISTRICT
July Term 2014
GIANCARLO CAMERON,
Appellant,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA,
Appellee.
No. 4D11-4168
[August 6, 2014]
Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit, Palm
Beach County; John Kastrenakes, Judge; L.T. Case No.
502009CF007177AXXMB.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, West Palm Beach, and David A.
Henson, Special Assistant Public Defender, Brevard, North Carolina, for
appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, and Melynda L. Melear, Assistant
Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Guzman v. State, 110 So. 3d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013).
We certify conflict with Thomas v. State, 78 So. 3d 644 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011),
and certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court:
1. DOES GRAHAM V. FLORIDA, 560 U.S. 48 (2010), APPLY TO
LENGTHY TERM-OF-YEARS SENTENCES THAT AMOUNT TO
DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCES?
2. IF SO, AT WHAT POINT DOES A TERM-OF-YEARS SENTENCE
BECOME A DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCE?
Affirmed; conflict certified; questions certified.
TAYLOR, LEVINE and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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