HENRY LEE BAKER, IV
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA

Fla. 5th DCA | 2018-11-16
No. 13-1249
Galluzzo, J., Cohen, C.J., Berger, J., Wallis, J.
257 So. 3d 639 Florida District Court of Appeal, Fifth District (2018)

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Holding

A juvenile offender sentenced to 54 years for attempted second-degree murder is entitled to resentencing under Florida's juvenile sentencing provisions that provide for early release based on maturity and rehabilitation.

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[1] A juvenile offender is entitled to resentencing under Florida's juvenile sentencing provisions, which allow for early release based on a demonstration of maturity and reh…

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Facts & Procedural History

Henry Lee Baker, IV, was 16 years old when he shot a police officer at an apartment complex, inflicting great bodily harm. He was 19 years old at sent…

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Juvenile Sentencing Attempted Second Degree Murder Resentencing Eighth Amendment (Cruel And Unusual Punishment)

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Opinion of the Court
Reversed And Remanded For Resentencing. Cohen

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA

FIFTH DISTRICT

HENRY LEE BAKER, IV,

Appellant,

v. Case No. 5D13-1249

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee. ________________________________/

Opinion filed November 16, 2018

Appeal from the Circuit Court for Seminole County, John D. Galluzzo, Judge.

James S. Purdy, Public Defender, and Lisa Ann Haskins, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Kellie A. Nielan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.

ON REMAND FROM THE FLORIDA SUPREME COURT

PER CURIAM.

Henry Lee Baker, IV, appeals the sentence imposed following his conviction for attempted second-degree murder. Baker, who was sixteen years old at the time of the offense and nineteen years old during sentencing, shot a police officer at an apartment complex. The jury found that the victim was a law enforcement officer engaged in the lawful performance of a legal duty, that Baker possessed and discharged a firearm, and

REVERSED AND REMANDED FOR RESENTENCING.

COHEN, C.J., BERGER and WALLIS, JJ., concur.

Footnotes
2 that as a result, he inflicted great bodily harm. Baker is currently serving a fifty-four-year sentence. In initially affirming Baker’s sentence, this Court followed its precedent in Henry v. State, 82 So. 3d 1084 (Fla. 5th DCA 2012), where we held that an aggregate sentence of ninety years imposed on a juvenile did not violate the Eighth Amendment. Baker v. State, 136 So. 3d 1231 (Fla. 5th DCA 2014). However, the Florida Supreme Court overturned our precedent in Henry v. State, 175 So. 3d 675 (Fla. 2015), and accordingly quashed our decision in Baker v. State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S507 (Fla. Oct. 19, 2018). Pursuant to the supreme court’s decision in Lee v. State, 234 So. 3d 562 (Fla. 2018), Baker is entitled to resentencing under the juvenile sentencing provisions in chapter 2014–220, Laws of Florida, codified in sections 775.082, 921.1401, and 921.1402 of the Florida Statutes, allowing him the opportunity for early release based on a demonstration of maturity and rehabilitation.

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