Case Name: Russell Joseph RIOUX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2010-12-08
Citations: 48 So. 3d 1029
Docket Number: No. 2D09-5330
Parties: Russell Joseph RIOUX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: NORTHCUTT and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 48
Pages: 1029–1029

Head Matter:
Russell Joseph RIOUX, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 2D09-5330.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.
Dec. 8, 2010.
Andrea M. Norgard of Norgard & Nor-gard, Bartow, for Appellant.
Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sara Macks, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

Opinion:
LaROSE, Judge.
Russell Joseph Rioux appeals his 2009 convictions and life sentences for sexual battery and lewd molestation on persons less than twelve years old. See § 794.011, 800.04, Fla. Stat. (2007). He was fifteen years old at the time of the offenses and sixteen years old at sentencing. We affirm the convictions.
In Graham v. Florida, — U.S. —, —, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 2034, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), the United States Supreme Court held that "[t]he constitution prohibits the imposition of a life without parole sentence on a juvenile offender who did not commit homicide." Therefore, we vacate Mr. Rioux's sentences and remand for resen-tencing in accordance with Graham. See also Lavrrick v. State, 45 So.3d 893 (Fla. 3d DCA 2010); Garland v. State, 48 So.3d 54 (Fla. 1st DCA 2010).
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings.
NORTHCUTT and CRENSHAW, JJ., Concur.