Case Name: Kyan BUCKNOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-04-30
Citations: 138 So. 3d 546
Docket Number: No. 4D12-2872
Parties: Kyan BUCKNOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: DAMOORGIAN, C.J., GROSS and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 138
Pages: 546–546

Head Matter:
Kyan BUCKNOR, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D12-2872.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
April 30, 2014.
Carey Haughwout, Public Defender, and Narine N. Austin, Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Pamela Jo. Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Mitchell A. Egber, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Affirmed. See Guzman v. State, 110 So.3d 480 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). We certify conflict with Thomas v. State, 78 So.3d 644 (Fla. 1st DCA 2011), and certify the following questions to the Florida Supreme Court:
1. DOES GRAHAM V. FLORIDA, 560 U.S. 48, 130 S.Ct. 2011, 176 L.Ed.2d 825 (2010), APPLY TO LENGTHY TERM-OF-YEARS SENTENCES THAT AMOUNT TO DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCES?
2. IF SO, AT WHAT POINT DOES A TERM-OF-YEARS SENTENCE BECOME A DE FACTO LIFE SENTENCE?
Affirmed; conflict certified; questions certified.
DAMOORGIAN, C.J., GROSS and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.