ROGERS v. SINGLETARY

No. 86768.

698 So.2d 1178 (1996)

Jerry Layne ROGERS, Petitioner, v. Harry K. SINGLETARY, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 11, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerrel Phillips, Tallahassee; and John G. Buchanan, III, Timothy C. Hester, William J. Shieber, Benedict M. Lenhart and Michael S. Long of Convington & Burling, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Mark S. Dunn, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, for Respondent.


SHAW, Justice.

Jerry Layne Rogers petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus reversing his conviction and sentence on the ground that his appellate counsel was ineffective. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(9), Fla. Const. We deny the petition.

In 1984, Rogers was convicted of firstdegree murder and sentenced to death for killing the manager of a Winn-Dixie supermarket during an attempted robbery....

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