History
  • No items yet
midpage
Mario Bellamy v. State
200 So. 3d 1285
Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
2016
Check Treatment

*1 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FIFTH DISTRICT

NOT FINAL UNTIL TIME EXPIRES TO FILE MOTION FOR REHEARING AND DISPOSITION THEREOF IF FILED MARIO BELLAMY,

Appellant, v. Case No. 5D14-3864 STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

________________________________/

Opinion filed September 30, 2016

3.850 Appeal from the Circuit Court

for Orange County,

Janet C. Thorpe, Judge.

Robert Wesley, Public Defender, and

David Redfearn and Erin Hyde, Assistant

Public Defenders, Orlando, for Appellant.

No Appearance for Appellee.

ON MOTION TO LIFT STAY AND WITHDRAW OPINION PER CURIAM.

Mario Bellamy sought to correct his life sentence following Miller v. Alabama, 132 S. Ct. 2455 (2012), for a homicide committed while he was a juvenile. The trial court denied his motion for postconviction relief, finding that Miller did not apply retroactively to his sentence. This Court affirmed the trial court’s order. Bellamy v. State, 166 So. 3d 802 (Fla. 5th DCA 2015). However, we stayed issuance of the mandate pending the outcome of Falcon v. State, 162 So. 3d 954 (Fla. 2015), which was before the Florida *2 Supreme Court. In that case, the supreme court held that Miller applied retroactively and eligible juvenile offenders seeking relief should be sentenced in conformance with Florida’s new sentencing scheme, ch apter 2014-220 Laws of Florida. Falcon, 162 So. 3d at 963-64.

Therefore, we lift the stay, withdraw our earlier affirmance and reverse and remand this matter to the trial court for further consideration consistent with the holding in Falcon. REVERSED and REMANDED.

SAWAYA, PALMER and ORFINGER, JJ., concur.

2

Case Details

Case Name: Mario Bellamy v. State
Court Name: District Court of Appeal of Florida
Date Published: Sep 30, 2016
Citation: 200 So. 3d 1285
Docket Number: 5D14-3864
Court Abbreviation: Fla. Dist. Ct. App.
AI-generated responses must be verified and are not legal advice.
Your Notebook is empty. To add cases, bookmark them from your search, or select Add Cases to extract citations from a PDF or a block of text.