TAFERO v. STATE

No. 70422.

524 So.2d 987 (1987)

Jesse Joseph TAFERO, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

December 23, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Rogow, Fort Lauderdale, and Michael Tarre, Coral Gables, for appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen., and Joy B. Shearer, Asst. Atty. Gen., West Palm Beach, for appellee.


McDONALD, Chief Justice.

Jesse Tafero, a prisoner under sentence of death, appeals the trial court's denial of his second motion for postconviction relief filed under Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.; Fla.R.Crim.P. 3.850. We affirm the trial court's order.

A jury convicted Tafero of killing two men and recommended that he be sentenced to death. The trial court did so, and this Court affirmed...

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