AMER ALI EJAK, APPELLANT,
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA, APPELLEE
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This case concerns the resentencing of a juvenile offender after Supreme Court rulings on mandatory life sentences for minors. The appellate court affirmed the trial court's decision to amend the sentence to include periodic judicial review, aligning with established precedent.
Yes, Ejak's sentence, as amended to provide for periodic judicial review, is consistent with the constitutional requirements for sentencing juveniles, ensuring a meaningful opportunity for release based on maturation and rehabilitation.
[1] Juveniles serving lengthy sentences are entitled to periodic judicial review to determine whether they can demonstrate maturation and rehabilitation.
[2] A motion to correct sentencing error under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2) may be granted in part and denied in part.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“all “juveniles who are serving lengthy sentences are entitled to periodic judicial review to determine whether they can demonstrate maturation and rehabilitation.””
This quote from Kelsey v. State, as reiterated by the supreme court, establishes the core legal principle regarding the right to periodic review for juvenile offenders with lengthy sentences.
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligenceAmer Ali Ejak was sentenced after the Miller v. Alabama decision but before a legislative change in Florida law regarding juvenile sentencing. He file…
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After reviewing jurisdictional briefs seeking review of our decision in Ejak v. State, 201 So.3d 1228 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016), the supreme court quashed our decision and remanded the case to us for further proceedings consistent with Kelsey v. State, 206 So.3d 5 (Fla. 2016). Ejak v. State, 42 Fla. L. Weekly S751, S751, 2017 WL 2705748 (Fla. June 23, 2017). Kelsey, who was resentenced after Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), but before the legislature passed chapter 2014-220, Laws of Florida, complained that his new sentence was still unconstitutional under Graham because it did not provide a meaningful opportunity for early release. Kelsey, 206 So.3d at 10 (“Kelsey argues that his sentence does not currently provide the relief specified in our previous decisions and seeks the judicial review granted to other defendants who, like him, were sentenced to terms that will not provide them a meaningful opportunity for relief in their respective lifetimes.”). The supreme court agreed and reiterated that all “juveniles who are serving lengthy sentences are entitled to periodic judicial review to determine whether they can demonstrate maturation and rehabilitation.” Id.
Ejak was originally sentenced after Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), but before the legislature passed chapter 2014-220. After passage of the law he filed a motion to correct sentencing error under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.800(b)(2), seeking to be resentenced under the new law. The trial court denied Ejak’s request for a new sentencing hearing, but it granted the motion in part and amended Ejak’s sentence to provide for subsequent judicial review pursuant to section 921.1402(2), Florida Statutes (2014). Ejak, 201 So.3d at 1230. Accordingly, Ejak’s sentence is consistent with Kelsey, and we again affirm the trial court’s order denying in part and granting in part Ejak’s rule 3.800(b)(2) motion to correct sentencing error.
Affirmed.
WALLACE and BLACK, JJ., Concur.
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Authorities Cited
- Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460 (U.S. 2012)
- Graham v. Florida (1st Cir. 2010)
- Kelsey v. State, 206 So.3d 5 (Fla. 2016)
- Citizens Prop. Ins. Corp. v. Rona Salkey & Trevor Salkey, 260 So. 3d 371 (Fla. 2d DCA 2018)
- Amer Ali Ejak v. State, 201 So. 3d 1228 (Fla. 2d DCA 2016)