JENT v. STATE

No. 58744.

408 So.2d 1024 (1981)

William Riley JENT, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 15, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leonard J. Holton, Dade City, and Jerry Hill, Public Defender, and David A. Davis, Asst. Public Defender, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Michael J. Kotler, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

William Jent appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction, article V, section 3(b)(1), Florida Constitution, and affirm both his conviction and sentence.

On July 13, 1979 four men rode on horseback through the Richloam Game Preserve in Pasco County looking for some stray cattle. Instead of the cattle, they found the badly burned body of a young woman. Six weeks later an indictment issued, charging Jent...

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