SKANES v. STATE

No. 5D01-1546.

821 So.2d 1102 (2002)

William SKANES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fifth District.

Rehearing Denied July 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender and Anne Moorman Reeves, Assistant Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Wesley Heidt, Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, for Appellee.


SHARP, W., J.

Skanes appeals from his judgment and sentence for first degree murder,1 following a jury trial. He was sentenced to life in prison. We affirm.

The evidence presented against Skanes in this case was substantial. Skanes' former girlfriend (Thomas), who had lived with him for three of the five years preceding the crime, testified Skanes was jealous of her new boyfriend, and...

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