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Jones v. State

Citations

  • 440 So. 2d 570

How courts have described this case

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  • holding on direct appeal that Jones had the opportunity to present the evidence
  • considering whether a statement \elicited under an atmosphere of anger spawned from [the defendant's] arrest and confinement . . . [was] unreliable\
  • sniper shot police officer in his patrol car while in uniform and on duty and while traveling from an unrelated investigation
  • an aggravating circumstance under Section 921.141(5)(g), Florida Statutes, is that capital felony was committed to disrupt or hinder the lawful exercise of any governmental function or the enforcement of laws
  • court found evidence to the effect that, prior to the time of the offense charged, the defendant had said that he was going to \kill a pig\ admissible under an exception to the hearsay rule and relevant to the question of whether the defendant was guilty of the crime charged
  • officer had just been shot from that apartment

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Judges: Adkins

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