Jones v. State

Following the supreme court’s opinion found in Jones v. State, 464 So.2d 547 (Fla.1985), the matter recurred in the trial court and a new trial was held. The appellant was again convicted although this time he did not receive a capital sentence. The defense urges error in the limitation of cross-examination of two witnesses produced by the state which the court permitted to testify as court witnesses. One of the witnesses, Adderly, had been a coperpetrator in the hijacking of the meat truck which was the underlying felony leading to the homicide. He had testified during the sentencing phase…