Terry Smith v. State of Florida

This case is before the Court on appeal from Terry Smith’s first-degree murder convictions and sentences of death for the killings of Berthum Gibson and Keenethia Keenan, and his first-degree murder conviction and life sentence for the killing of Desmond Robinson. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the convictions and sentences.

1. BACKGROUND

While looking for narcotics on June 5, 2007, Terry Smith, then age nineteen, called an acquaintance, Breon Williams. Williams, a street level drug dealer, informed Smith that he was going to…