BYRD v. SINGLETARY

No. 83163.

655 So.2d 67 (1995)

Milford Wade BYRD, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Capital Collateral Representative, and Martin J. McClain, Chief Asst. CCR, Office of the Capital Collateral Representative, Tallahassee, for petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Atty. Gen. and Fariba N. Komeily, Asst. Atty. Gen., Miami, for respondent.


PER CURIAM.

Milford Wade Byrd, a prisoner under sentence of death, petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction pursuant to article V, section 3(b)(9), Florida Constitution, and find that Byrd is not entitled to relief.

Byrd was arrested for first-degree murder on the basis that he hired someone to kill his wife; after he was arrested, he confessed to having done so. He was convicted as charged and sentenced to death. The facts of...

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