Sims v. State

681 So.2d 1112 (1996)

Merrit Alonso SIMS, Appellant,

v.

STATE of Florida, Appellee.

No. 83612.

Supreme Court of Florida.

July 18, 1996.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 1996.

Bennett H. Brummer, Public Defender and Christina A. Spaulding, Assistant Public Defender, Miami, for Appellant.

Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General and Fariba N. Komeily, Assistant Attorney General, Miami, for Appellee.

We have on appeal the convictions of armed robbery and first-degree murder and the sentence of death imposed on Merrit Alonso Sims. We have jurisdiction. Art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const.

Charles Stafford, a Miami…