William F. Roberts v. State of Florida

Supreme Court of Florida ____________ No. SC2022-1176 ____________ WILLIAM F. ROBERTS, Appellant, vs. STATE OF FLORIDA, Appellee. June 25, 2026 PER CURIAM. William Roberts appeals his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm. I In the late evening of December 18, 2017, Roberts sent a text message to a friend, Glen Reynolds, indicating he had an argument with his then-girlfriend, Elizabeth Hellstrom. Roberts suggested she had become unresponsive, but he was able to “bring her…