MERCK v. STATE

No. 83063.

664 So.2d 939 (1995)

Troy MERCK, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied December 22, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender and Steven L. Bolotin, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Robert J. Landry, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal the judgment and sentence of the trial court imposing a death sentence upon Troy Merck, Jr. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

Merck was convicted of first-degree murder of the victim, James Anthony Newton. Newton died after Merck repeatedly stabbed him while the two men were in the parking lot of a bar in Pinellas County shortly after 2 a.m. on October 12, 1991. The bar had closed at 2 a.m., and several...

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