Smith v. State

464 So.2d 1340 (1985)

Ronald Melvin SMITH, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. AY-63.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

March 15, 1985.

Michael E. Allen, Public Defender, and Michael J. Minerva, Asst. Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Jim Smith, Atty. Gen. and Gary L. Printy, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant appeals his judgment of conviction for first degree murder. We affirm appellant's conviction and hold that (1) similar fact evidence of a prior crime was properly admitted and (2) the trial court's refusal to instruct the…