MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. — Rashaun Jones, who is awaiting trial for Bryan Pata’s 2006 murder, was back in Miami-Dade County court on Tuesday as his defense and the prosecution argued about witness testimony.
After listening to witness testimony related to the alleged conflicts between the University of Miami Hurricanes teammates, Judge Cristina Miranda had yet to decide if she was going to allow it into evidence.
Miami-Dade Assistant State Attorney Cristina Diamond told Miranda that although some of the witness testimony that the defense wanted excluded served as evidence of Jones’s pattern of behavior, there was a statement that defined motive…