MONDAY, JANUARY 5, 1998
Michael T. River vs State of Florida

No. 86,528

Place of Origin
Lauderdale Lakes, Broward County

Facts
On January 30, 1986, 11-year-old Staci Lynn Jazvac failed to return home after traveling by bicycle to purchase posterboard at a nearby store. She later was found murdered. Rivera was arrested, tried, and convicted, and sentenced to death. The sentence was upheld on appeal. Rivera now challenges the validity of his death sentence.