Fla. Court Overturns '82 Conviction

 TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned the murder conviction of a man on death row for 16 years and ordered a new trial ``without delay.'' Jerry Rogers, 51, was condemned for the fatal shooting 19 years ago of David Smith, an assistant manager at a grocery store.The state's key witness against Rogers was a co-defendant who received a shorter prison sentence in return for his testimony. The man was released several years ago.Rogers, who represented himself at trial, maintained his innocence from the beginning.In Thursday's ruling, the Supreme Court agreed that the state withheld important evidence about another suspect, information which would have been helpful to Rogers' defense. Rogers' lead attorney Benedict Lenhart, whose law firm took the case five years ago, called the suppression of evidence and Rogers' time spent on death row ``a great injustice''. Assistant state attorney Maureen Sullivan Christine said Florida would attempt to retry Rogers, who remains on death row pending the new trial.