Rioux v. State

48 So.3d 1029 (2010)

Russell Joseph RIOUX, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 2D09-5330.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

December 8, 2010.

Andrea M. Norgard of Norgard & Norgard, Bartow, for Appellant.

Bill McCollum, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Sara Macks, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

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 resentencing 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.