Smith v. State

365 So.2d 704 (1978)

Dennis Wayne SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 49245.

Supreme Court of Florida.

November 9, 1978.

Robert E. Pyle, Lake Alfred, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Donald K. Rudser, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

This is a direct appeal by Dennis Wayne Smith from his conviction in the Polk County Circuit Court for murder in the first degree and a sentence of death imposed by the trial judge.

After taking part in the murder of John Mitchell Arnsdorff, Wesley Johnson turned himself into the police. Eventually he was charged with two other…