12/7/16 Florida Supreme Court Oral Arguments: Carlos Acevedo v. State, SC15-1873

Mr. Acevedo was sentenced to life in prison under the state’s Dangerous Sexual Felony Offender Act. He challenged his sentence, arguing his 2008 convictions of lewd or lascivious molestation and conduct were not similar enough to a 1982 conviction to trigger use of the sexual predator law. The trial court denied his motion. The Fourth District Court of Appeal upheld the trial court but also certified conflict with a decision by the Fifth District Court of Appeal.