RAUDEL EDWARDS ROBINSON
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 3d DCA | 2025-12-17
No. 2025-1920
Scales, C.J., Emas, J., Fernandez, J., Cabarga, J.
2025 FL 12010 Florida District Court of Appeal, Third District (2025)

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Holding

A sentence of life imprisonment does not violate Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution's proscription against an indefinite term of imprisonment.


Headnotes

[1] A sentence of life imprisonment does not constitute an indefinite term of imprisonment in violation of Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution.

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Raudel Edwards Robinson appealed from a circuit court decision in Miami-Dade County regarding his sentence.…

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Opinion of the Court
Scales

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed December 17, 2025. Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-1920 Lower Tribunal Nos. F05-5281A, F06-15941 ________________

Raudel Edwards Robinson, Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida, Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Carmen Cabarga, Judge.

Raudel Edwards Robinson, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and Ryan Schelwat, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before SCALES, C.J., and EMAS and FERNANDEZ, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

2

Affirmed. See Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) (holding that a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate the proscription in Article I, Section 17 of the Florida Constitution against an indefinite term of imprisonment); Alvarez v. State, 418 So. 3d 723 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Sheppard v. State, 417 So. 3d 497 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Sanchez v. State, 414 So. 3d 436 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Simmons v. State, 413 So. 3d 1003 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Alvarez v. State, 411 So. 3d 1260 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Lemon v. State, 411 So. 3d 584 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Padgett v. State, 411 So. 3d 528 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025); Holmes v. State, 245 So. 3d 857 (Fla. 3d DCA 2018).


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