Wednesday, January 6, 1999
Roger Lee Cherry vs State of Florida
No. 90,511
Place of Origin
DeLand and Volusia County
Facts
Cherry was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the June 1986 murders of Leonard and Esther Wayne in their small two-bedroom house in DeLand. He also was convicted of charges arising from burglary of their house. His death sentence for the murder of Mrs. Wayne was upheld on appeal, and he now challenges its validity.