An attorney for Jimmy Ray Rodgers called for his acquittal in a brief filed Tuesday. Rodgers was convicted of second-degree murder in the 2015 bludgeoning death of a Bonita Springs doctor.
Rodgers originally faced a first-degree murder charge and the possibility of the death penalty as one of three men charged in the murder of Teresa Sievers.
A Lee County jury found Rodgers guilty of the lesser charge of second-degree murder, as well as trespassing, in October 2019. Rodgers was sentenced to life in prison in December 2019.
Rodgers is being represented by Naples attorney Samantha Stevins in his appellate case being heard in the Florida Second District Court of Appeal.
Wait for trial could be longer for accused Lake Boyz member
Published: February 12, 2021 12:32 PM EST
Updated: February 12, 2021 12:39 PM EST
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A Fort Myers man accused of being in a gang known as the Lake Boyz will need a new attorney, delaying the trial even longer.
Jari McMiller had a hearing on Friday morning to discuss a conflict his attorney Donald Day has representing him in the case. McMiller was among dozens of men accused of being in a gang police say terrorized the Harlem Lakes neighborhood of Fort Myers. Harlem Lakes is just south of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and east of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard.