ROGERS v. STATE OF FLORIDA 

Supreme Court of Florida

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No. SC05-732

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GLEN EDWARD ROGERS,

Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF FLORIDA,

Appellee.

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No. SC05-1730

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GLEN EDWARD ROGERS,

Petitioner,

vs.

JAMES R. MCDONOUGH, etc.,

Respondent.

[January 18, 2007]

PER CURIAM.

Glen Edward Rogers appeals an order of the circuit court denying his motion to vacate his conviction of first-degree murder and sentence of death, and petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus. We have jurisdiction. See art. V, § 3(b)(1), (9), Fla. Const. For the reasons explained below, we affirm the trial court's order and deny the petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Rogers was convicted of the 1995 murder of Tina Marie Cribbs. The pertinent facts of this case are set forth in this Court's opinion on direct appeal as follows:

Cribbs was last seen alive leaving the Showtown Bar in Tampa with Rogers on Sunday, November 5, 1995. A bartender testified that Rogers arrived at the bar around 11 a.m. Cribbs and three female friends arrived a few hours later. . . . Rogers asked Cribbs, the only single woman of the group, for â€