Case Name: Felix ZAMOT, Appellant, v. The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2019-01-09
Citations: 262 So. 3d 260
Docket Number: No. 3D16-945
Parties: Felix ZAMOT, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: Before LAGOA, C.J., and LOGUE and LINDSEY, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 262
Pages: 260–260

Head Matter:
Felix ZAMOT, Appellant,
v.
The STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 3D16-945
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Opinion filed January 9, 2019.
Carlos J. Martinez, Public Defender, and Jonathan Greenberg, Assistant Public Defender, for appellant.
Ashley Brooke Moody, Attorney General, and Linda S. Katz and Nikole Hiciano, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.
Before LAGOA, C.J., and LOGUE and LINDSEY, JJ.

Opinion:
LAGOA, C.J.
Affirmed. See Franklin v. State, 43 Fla. L. Weekly S556, 258 So.3d 1239, 2018 WL 5839174 (Fla. Nov. 8, 2018) (reaffirming Michel's determination that the "majority's analysis in Atwell improperly applied Graham and Miller" and holding that Franklin's three 1000-year concurrent sentences with parole, and presumptive parole release date of 2352, for non-homicide juvenile offenses "fulfills Graham's requirement that juveniles be given a 'meaningful opportunity' to be considered for release during their natural life based upon 'normal parole factors' " (quoting Virginia v. LeBlanc, - U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 1726, 1729, 198 L.Ed.2d 186 (2017) ); State v. Michel, 257 So.3d 3 (Fla. 2018) (holding "that juvenile offenders' sentences of life with the possibility of parole after 25 years do not violate the Eighth Amendment of the United States Constitution as delineated by the United States Supreme Court in Graham v. Florida, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), and Virginia v. LeBlanc, - U.S. -, 137 S.Ct. 1726, 198 L.Ed.2d 186 (2017)").