BYRD v. STATE

No. 62545.

481 So.2d 468 (1985)

Milford Wade BYRD, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied February 6, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, W.C. McLain, Asst. Public Defender, Chief, Capital Appeals, and Karla J. Staker, Asst. Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen., and Theda R. James and Katherine V. Blanco, Asst. Attys. Gen., Tampa, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Milford Wade Byrd, was convicted of first-degree murder. 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.

For the reasons expressed, we affirm appellant's murder conviction and the imposition of the death penalty.

Appellant and his wife, Debra, managed a motel in Tampa. Debra's body was found on the floor of...

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