JUSTIN KIRK WILLIAMS
v.
STATE OF FLORIDA
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A sentence of life imprisonment is sufficiently definite under Florida law and constitutes a valid sentence.
[1] A sentence of life imprisonment prescribed by the Legislature is sufficiently definite under Florida law to constitute a valid sentence, as the Legislature intends such a…
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Join FLexlaw to unlock all legal intelligence“[T]he Legislature, by prescribing a sentence of life imprisonment, intends that the defendant remain in prison for the rest of his life. The term 'life' is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied.”
Court's citation to Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) in affirming the life sentence
Justin Kirk Williams was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Polk County Circuit Court. Williams appealed pro se, challenging the validity…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2025-0259 Lower Tribunal No. 2021-CF-003492
JUSTIN KIRK WILLIAMS, Appellant,
V.
STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Polk County. Michelle O. Pincket, Judge.
August 28, 2026
PER CURIAM.
AFFIRMED. See Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) ("[T]he Legislature, by prescribing a sentence of life imprisonment, intends that the defendant remain in prison for the rest of his life. The term 'life' is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied.").
TRAVER, C.J., and MIZE and PRATT, JJ., concur.
Justin Kirk Williams, Avon Park, pro se.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marilyn Frances Muir, Chief Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.