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

and said, Yh ny God". (T. 1260).
twice. (T, 1260, 1406).
again, Long fired the gun until it rmuldn't shoot anpre. (T, 1260-1261,
1410).
1410).
throat. (T. 1261, 1410-1411)
Lnng then shot her in the back of the head
Fkren Groover and the defendant told him to shoot her
Gmover told Long to cut her throat, but Iong refused. (T, 1261,
The defendant then took the knife from Grmver and cut Sheppard's
The defendant took Sheppard's necklace and class
ring, and Long threw her in the ditch. (T. 1261, 1427-14291,
I;ong testified that he assmd the defendant was anred thatmming,
(T. 1259-1260), even though he did not see him with a gun, (T. 1418) and the
defendant did not say he had a gun. CT. 1420).
Mver, mng called the police and gave them a written statement in which
he said that the defendant had a gun in his hand when he told him to get out
of the car. (T. 1414-1417).
reported, mrn statmt in which he said that the defendant was standing there
with a gun pointed at him when mng shot Nancy Sheppard. (T. 1411-1414, 1417-
1421, 1424, 1432).
The day after his arrest,
After the written statement, he gave a court-
Long also had apparently told his lawyer that the defendant
had pointed a gun at his head at the t h of the shooting. (T. 95-97).
Long's deal with the prosemar, Ralph Greene, was that unrelated charges
of Sale and Possession of Quaaludes and Sale and Possession of Cocaine would
be dropped, and that the first degree mder charge would be reduced to second
degree mrder, with no minimum mayldatory sentence. (T. 1436-1440)
awaiting sen%cing on the second degree murder charge, having been told that
"they wuld be as lenient as they could" in exchange for Img's testhny.
(T. 1446-1447).
by jail innate Donald Foy telling Tmmy Grmver, "If you don't want to get the
electric chair, you better do like I did and say FObert mde you do it." (T.
1749). Jail hnte Richard Ellmod heard Long boasting that he wuld lie to
see to it that the defendant got the death penalty. (T. 1765).
Long was
After he made his deal With the prosecutor, Long was overheard
el^^ further
testified that Lmg told him that he, not the defendant, had cut NmcY Sheppard's
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