C.A. 4th
G048019

The Fourth Appellate District affirmed a judgment as modified. The court held that a reformable juvenile homicide offender’s sentence of 50 years to life was facially unconstitutional as equivalent to a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. The court held further that the juvenile offenders’ sentence could be remedied by modifying it to include a minimum parole eligibility of 25 years, in keeping with recentlyenacted legislation.