SMITHERS v. STATE

No. SC96690.

826 So.2d 916 (2002)

Samuel L. SMITHERS, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Florida.

Rehearing Denied September 13, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Douglas S. Connor, Assistant Public Defender, Tenth Judicial Circuit, Bartow, FL, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, and Candance M. Sabella, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, FL, for Appellee.


PER CURIAM.

We have on appeal a judgment of two convictions of first-degree murder and the sentences of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the convictions and sentences.

The record reveals the following facts. In 1995, Sam Smithers agreed to mow the grass at a vacant Plant City house owned by Marion Whitehurst. Whitehurst and Smithers attended the same church. Whitehurst was...

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