Tuesday, October 19, 1999
Terry Melvin
Sims v. State of
Florida
No. 96,731
Place of Origin
Seminole County
Facts
Sims was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death for the December
1977 murder of George Pfeil, an off-duty deputy sheriff who had
entered a pharmacy while it was being robbed by Sims and three
other men. He is scheduled to be executed at 7 a.m. October 26. He
asks for a stay and challenges his sentence.