KYAN BUCKNOR, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE

Fla. 4th DCA | 2014-04-30
No. 4D12-2872
DAMOORGIAN, C.J., GROSS and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
138 So. 3d 546 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fourth District (2014) Positive Treatment
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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

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, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (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.

DAMOORGIAN, C.J., GROSS and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.


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