Case Name: Nathan WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2014-03-19
Citations: 137 So. 3d 464
Docket Number: No. 4D09-4361
Parties: Nathan WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
Judges: WARNER, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 137
Pages: 464–464

Head Matter:
Nathan WALKER, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D09-4361.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
March 19, 2014.
Antony P. Ryan, Regional Counsel, Genevieve Hall and Jennifer Workman Jesness, Assistant Regional Counsel, Office of Criminal Conflict and Civil Regional Counsel, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Nancy Jack, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appel-lee.

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.
WARNER, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.