ROGERS v. STATE

No. 66356.

511 So.2d 526 (1987)

Jerry Layne ROGERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Gibson, Public Defender, Seventh Judicial Circuit, and Christopher S. Quarles, Asst. Public Defender, Daytona Beach, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Richard B. Martell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Daytona Beach, for appellee.


BARKETT, Justice.

Jerry Layne Rogers appeals his conviction for first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. We affirm both the conviction and sentence.

On December 19, 1983, Rogers was indicted for the first-degree murder of David Eugene Smith. The evidence at trial revealed that Rogers and Thomas McDermid, the state's chief witness, rented a car on January 4, 1982, in Orlando. By his own admission,...

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