GREGORY ROBINSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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Gregory Robinson, sentenced at age seventeen to life imprisonment with judicial review after twenty-five years for second-degree murder, appealed arguing the sentence was illegal. The court affirmed the sentence, holding that trial courts need not make specific findings for each factor under Florida's juvenile life-sentencing statute but only must demonstrate they reviewed and considered all relevant factors.
Trial courts need not make specific findings for each factor listed in section 921.1401; they must only find on the record that they have reviewed and considered all relevant factors prior to imposing a life sentence. In Robinson's case, the court clearly reviewed and considered the relevant factors, and the specifics of his case warranted a life sentence.
[1] A court imposing a life sentence on a juvenile must review and consider all relevant factors, but is not obligated to make specific findings as to each factor listed in t…
[2] A trial court's sentencing decision is affirmed if the record shows the court reviewed and considered relevant factors, including the likelihood of rehabilitation.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“judges imposing life sentences need not make specific findings for each factor listed in section 921.1401. Instead, courts must only "find on the record that they have (1) 'reviewed' and (2) 'considered' all relevant factors prior to imposing a life sentence."”
Establishes the standard for judicial compliance with Florida's juvenile life-sentencing statute based on Dortch precedent
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceGregory Robinson, age seventeen, shot and killed a former classmate. He was charged with second-degree murder and pleaded guilty. The trial court sent…
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PER CURIAM.
At the age of seventeen, Gregory Robinson shot a former classmate in the head. The former classmate died, the State charged Robinson with second-degree murder, and Robinson pleaded guilty. The court sentenced Robinson to life in prison with judicial review after twenty-five years. Robinson now argues that the sentence was illegal. To the extent Robinson argues the trial court was obligated to make specific findings as to each factor under section 921.1401— Florida’s juvenile life-sentencing statute—his argument is foreclosed by our recent decision in Dortch v. State. 44 Fla. L. Weekly D483a (Fla. 1st DCA Feb. 15th, 2019). In Dortch, we held that judges imposing life sentences need not make specific findings
for each factor listed in section 921.1401. Instead, courts must only “find on the record that they have (1) ‘reviewed’ and (2) ‘considered’ all relevant factors prior to imposing a life sentence.” Id.; see also Fla. R. Crim. P. 3.781(c). In Robinson’s case, the court clearly reviewed and considered the relevant factors, including the likelihood of Robinson’s rehabilitation. See § 921.1401(2)(j). We also reject Robinson’s argument that—findings aside—the specifics of his case did not warrant a life sentence.* AFFIRMED. ROBERTS, KELSEY, and WINSOR, JJ., concur. _____________________________
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Authorities Cited
- In re Rules of Criminal Procedure (sentencing Guidelines), 439 So. 2d 848 (Fla. 1983)
- Williams v. State, 492 So. 2d 1308 (Fla. 1986)
- Mathis v. State, 515 So. 2d 214 (Fla. 1987)
- Aniceto P. Santiago v. State, 478 So. 2d 47 (Fla. 1985)
- Quintin Stacey Allen v. State, 476 So. 2d 309 (Fla. 2d DCA 1985)
- Ochoa v. State, 509 So. 2d 1115 (Fla. 1987)
- Dortch v. State, 266 So. 3d 1240 (Fla. 1st DCA 2019)