Roberto Martinez v. State of Florida

Opinion

Third District Court of Appeal State of Florida

Opinion filed January 14, 2026.

Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.

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No. 3D25-1564

Lower Tribunal No. F86-23726B

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Roberto Martinez,

Appellant,

vs.

State of Florida,

Appellee.

An Appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.141(b)(2) from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, Tanya Brinkley, Judge.

Roberto Martinez, in proper person.

James Uthmeier, Attorney General, and David Llanes, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

Before MILLER, LOBREE, and BOKOR, JJ.

PER CURIAM.

Affirmed. See Ratliff v. State, 914 So. 2d 938, 940 (Fla. 2005) (“[T]he Legislature, by prescribing a sentence of life imprisonment, intends that the defendant remain in prison for the rest of his life. The term ‘life’ is sufficiently definite so that it can be understood and applied. See State v. Wershow, 343 So. 2d 605 (Fla. 1977). There is nothing indefinite about such a sentence.”).