Case Name: Jim Edward ELLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 1975-07-10
Citations: 316 So. 2d 538
Docket Number: No. 46800
Parties: Jim Edward ELLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: ADKINS, C. J., and ROBERTS, BOYD and OVERTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 316
Pages: 538–539

Head Matter:
Jim Edward ELLEY, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 46800.
Supreme Court of Florida.
July 10, 1975.
James A. Gardner, Public Defender, and Harold H. Moore and Steven H. Denman, Asst. Public Defenders, for appellant.
Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Charles Corees, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

Opinion:
ENGLAND, Justice.
Appellant was indicted for first degree murder. He pled guilty to first degree murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. At the plea conference he challenged the constitutionality of the sentencing statute which provides that he would not be eligible for parole for 25 years. Our jurisdiction is invoked under Article V, Section 3(b)(1) of the Florida Constitution (1972).
We held this sentencing statute constitutional in Owens v. State, 316 So.2d 537 (Fla.1975). Appellant's case is governed by that decision and his conviction and sentence is affirmed.
ADKINS, C. J., and ROBERTS, BOYD and OVERTON, JJ., concur.
. Section 775.082 (1), Fla.Stat. (1973).