Simpson v. State

712 So.2d 1 (1997)

William D. SIMPSON, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 95-04039.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Second District.

October 24, 1997.

Rehearing Denied November 24, 1997.

James Marion Moorman, Public Defender, and Tosha Cohen, Assistant Public Defender, Bartow, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General; Tallahassee, and Erica M. Raffel, Assistant Attorney General, Tampa, for Appellee.

NORTHCUTT, Judge.

William Simpson was charged with first degree murder following the shooting death of his girlfriend, Marie Lerner. He was tried before a jury, which found him…