JONES v. STATE

No. 4D19-3691.

321 So.3d 790 (2021)

Michael D. JONES, Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

May 26, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carey Haughwout , Public Defender, and Gary Lee Caldwell , Assistant Public Defender, West Palm Beach, for appellant.

Ashley Moody , Attorney General, Tallahassee, and Marc B. Hernandez , Assistant Attorney General, West Palm Beach, for appellee.


Michael Jones appeals his conviction for first-degree murder. We affirm the conviction and write primarily to address (1) the admissibility of evidence of a domestic violence situation that preceded the murder and (2) the application of the excited utterance exception to the rule against hearsay to admit certain statements by the victim...

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