OATS v. JONES

No. SC17-68.

220 So.3d 1127 (2017)

Sonny Boy OATS, Jr., Petitioner, v. Julie L. JONES, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Florida.

May 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin J. McClain , Special Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, and Nicole M. Noël , Assistant Capital Collateral Regional Counsel, Southern Region, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for Petitioner.

Pamela Jo Bondi , Attorney General, Tallahassee, Florida; and Vivian Singleton , Assistant Attorney General, Daytona Beach, Florida, for Respondent.


Sonny Boy Oats, Jr., was tried and convicted for the December 1979 robbery of a convenience store and first-degree murder of the store clerk. Oats v. State, 181 So.3d 457, 460 (Fla. 2015). This Court affirmed Oats' conviction on direct appeal but held that the trial court erroneously...

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