Reginald E. Jones v. Secretary Department of Corrections

Reginald E. Jones, a Florida state prisoner proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s dismissal of his 28 U.S.C. § 2254 petition for habeas corpus. Of relevance to this appeal, Jones § 2254 petition asserted that the state trial court’s denial of his motion for a judgment of acquittal at his trial violated his federal due process rights. The district court denied his petition. On appeal, Jones argues that the district court erred because the state court’s decision was based on an unreasonable determination of the facts because the state did not prove that he had knowledge of the gun’s…