Christopher Dennis Holthaus v. State of Florida
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.
* * * Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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