Christopher Dennis Holthaus v. State of Florida

Opinion

DISTRICT COURT OF APPEAL OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOURTH DISTRICT

CHRISTOPHER DENNIS HOLTHAUS, Appellant,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

No. 4D2025-1812

[September 24, 2025]

Appeal of order denying rule 3.800 motion from the Circuit Court for the Nineteenth Judicial Circuit, St. Lucie County; Michael Linn, Judge; L.T. Case No. 2002CF003677A.

Christopher D. Holthaus, Miami, pro se.

No appearance required for appellee. PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) (noting that “[t]he term ‘life’ is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied,” and holding that “a sentence of life imprisonment does not violate article 1, section 17”); Decosta v. State, 4D2025-0682, 2025 WL 2154384, at *1 (Fla. 4th DCA July 30, 2025) (rejecting rule 3.800(a) argument alleging a life sentence was an illegal indefinite sentence).

GROSS, FORST and KLINGENSMITH, JJ., concur.

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Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.