ADKINS, Justice.
Appellant, Jimmy Lee Smith, was convicted of the first-degree murders of Bonnie Ward and her twelve-year-old daughter, Donna Strickland. The trial judge imposed the death sentence in accordance with the jury's advisory sentence recommendation. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.
Appellant had spent the night before the murders as a guest in Mrs. Ward's home, and during the course of the evening both of his victims had...
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