King v. State

Cecil Shyron King, who was forty years old at the time of the crime, appeals his conviction and sentence of death for the December 2009 first-degree murder of eighty-two-year-old Renie Telzer-Bain. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), Fla. Const: For the reasons set forth below, we affirm King’s conviction and sentence of death.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Guilt Phase

Renie Telzer-Bain’s family last saw her alive on Monday, December 28, 2009, at 5:30 p.m., when her daughter-in-law, Lyza Telzer, along with Lyza’s son and Lyza’s son’s friend, visited her. Lyza and Renie were very…