Smith v. State

This case is before the Court on appeal from a judgment of first-degree murder and a sentence of death as well as convictions for a number of other offenses. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm both the convictions and the death sentence.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

In December 2000, Corey “Bubba” Smith and seven other individuals were indicted by a Miami-Dade County grand jury in a seventeen-count indictment for crimes committed in connection with the John Doe organization. Smith was alleged to be the leader of the group and…