Contact the Governor More EOG Phone Numbers Write or e-mail: Governor Jeb Bush The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Telephone: (850) 488-4441 or FAX (850) 487-0801 Write or e-mail: Lt. Governor Frank T. Brogan The Capitol Tallahassee, FL 32399-0001 Telephone: (850) 488-4711 or FAX (850) 921-6114 E-Mail: Please be sure to include any information necessary for the Governor or Lt. Governor to respond to your e-mail

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Name of Board of Pardons& Paroles:

Edward Spooner (Chairman)

Address of the Board:

2601 Blairstone Road, Blgd C - TALLAHASSEE,

FL32399-2450

Phone of the Board: (805) 922-0000
Fax of the Board: (805) 488-7199
E-mail of the Board:
Web-site of the Board:
http://www.dos.state.fl.us/fgils/agencies/parole.html


 Terry Sims' case:

Terry Sims, 56, has been convicted of 1st degree murder
and sentenced to death on July 24, 1979 for the shooting of George Pfeil, an
off-duty sheriff's deputy during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy in
Seminole County on Dec. 29. 1977. George Pfeil tried to stop the robbery
when he has been shot. Sine Terry Sims was a prior felon, he committed the
crime to escape capture, and he committed the shooting while committing
another crime. That is the main reason for his sentence to death. But 3
other men were in the pharmacy with him, and one of them, Curtis Baldree,
testified against Terry Sims. Terry had successfully appealed to US District
Court in Florida, stating his counsel was ineffective, but the Florida
district attorney's office appealed, and the decision to reinstate the
sentence was handed down on September 1998 by the 3-judge panel of Judges,
Joel A. Dubina, Ed Carnes and Franck M. Hull.
His appeal clearly said his defense should have objected to the use of
testimony enhanced by hypnosis, and that his counsel should have
cross-examined Curtis Baldree.

Is Terry Sims the shooter?

Terry Sims' case:

Terry is 57.

Terry Sims has been

convicted of 1st degree murder

and sentenced to death on July 24, 1979

for the shooting of George Pfeil,

an off-duty sheriff's deputy

during an attempted robbery of a pharmacy

in Seminole County on Dec. 29. 1977.

George Pfeil tried to stop the robbery

when he has been shot.

Terry was also injured: he was shot in the hip.

But 3 other men were in the pharmacy with him,

Curtis Baldree, B.B. Halsell

and

Clarence EugeneRobinson.

and one of them, Curtis Baldree, testified against Terry Sims.

As did Halsell.

Baldree and Halsell were both killed after being

released from 2-year prison terms.

Robinson, who was indicted in absentia for murder

in the pharmacy shooting,

remained at large until June 1983

when he surrendered after being charged with

shooting two FBI agents in Volusia County.

I don't know Terry personally, but those who do,

including my mother and Sid Kleiner,

have many good things to say about him:

he is kind, considerate, unselfish, loyal.

During his 20-year stay on death row

he has managed to maintain a positive attitude

towards life.

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