Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Derrick Tyrone Smith v. State of Florida
no. 03-454 | 05-100
Pinellas County

Smith was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the March 1983 murder of Jeffrey Songer. His sentence was reversed in 1986 due to errors but, after retrial, he again was sentenced to death. The sentence was affirmed on appeal. He now challenges its validity.