Fla. Stat, (1981) - Florida State University College of Law

Long told Gmover hm ta get to Wppard's house. (T. 1253, 14021, Grover
told Img to go ta the door to get Sheppard, but Long refused, (T. 1253, 1402).
G m e r and the defmdant then told Elaine to get the girl. (T. 1253).
The defendant testified l%at Grmver got out of Elaine's car and talked
to Lmg briefly at Lang's house before they got into Elaine's car. (T. 1867).
&cause Joan Bennett had already sham Grmver where Nancy Sheppard lived, the
defendant ass& that Iong knew bhat was going on. (T. 1868).
had seen Ung with a hand gun in the past. (T. 1868).
to get Sheppard fromher bwe, then told Elaine to go get her. (T. 1869).
The defendant was hoping that Elaine muld not
did. (T. 1869). Groovex: told Sheppard that l'Richard wanted to see her,"
and drove her out to where he had killed Padgett. (T. 1869).
The defendant
Grmver first told Ung
out with Sheppard, but she
mng testified that, as Graver drove them to where Padgett's body was,
the defendant told Sheppard that Padgett was "out in the woods, wandering
around high, wanting to see Nancy". (T. 1403).
body lay in a ditch, Wver stopped the car and the defendant got out and told
Long to get out. (T. 1256-12571,
to the ditch, where the defendant showed him Padgett's body and said, "Either
you kill her or you aye going to lay in the ditch with them". (T. 1257, 1404).
Long said he was afraid of the defendant because the defendant had shot him
during a domestic argunent with his wife, Denise Long, in Fehrmary of 1980.
(.T. 1257-1259, 1336-1338), Wng is six feet, two inches tall and weighs 240
pounds, and admitted that he '"probably" would have knocked the defendant out
if the defendant had not shot him. (T. 1337-1338).
When they cam to where Padgett's
Img got out and walked with the defendant
Long said that he and the defendant walked back to Elaine's car, and
th& tkdefendant asked Sheppard to get out. (T. 1260, 1404). Elaine handed
Long a .22 pistol and said, "Here, you better do it or he'll kill you, too".
(T. 1260). She obtained the weapn from her purse. (T. 1404-1405). Ms.
Sheppard walked over to the ditch, saw Padgett's body, fell to her knees and
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