Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided May 2, 2001No. 4D00-575PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
787 So.2d 154 (2001)
Willie Wesley JONES, Appellant,
v.
STATE of Florida, Appellee.
No. 4D00-575.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.
May 2, 2001.
Rehearing Denied July 9, 2001.
Helene Hvizd Morris of Helene Hvizd Morris, LLC, West Palm Beach, for appellant.
Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Jeanine M. Germanowicz, Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.
STEVENSON, J.
Willie Wesley Jones, the appellant, shot and killed Delise Jackson, his girlfriend. Jones admitted that he shot Jackson, but contended that he acted in self defense. Jones was…
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