JEREMY HOLMES
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 and enforceable sentence.
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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 cited Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) in support of affirming the life sentence.
Jeremy Holmes was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in Orange County Circuit Court. Holmes appealed the sentence.…
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SIXTH DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL
STATE OF FLORIDA
Case No. 6D2025-1603 Lower Tribunal No. 2006-CF-011951-A-O
JEREMY HOLMES, Appellant, v. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee.
Appeal pursuant to Fla. R. App. P. 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Orange County. Greg A. Tynan, Judge.
September 10, 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.").
STARGEL, WOZNIAK and PRATT, JJ., concur.
Jeremy Holmes, Live Oak, pro se.
James Uthmeier, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Rebecca Rock McGuigan, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.