Jones v. State
Jones v. State
Opinion of the Court
Sherredelle Jones appeals his conviction and sentence for attempted first-degree murder, attempted second-degree murder, and shooting into a vehicle. We find no reversible error in the proceedings leading to his conviction and therefore affirm.
During the pendency of this appeal, however, Jones filed documents with this court claiming that the only African-American juror on his jury worked for the state attorney and was the aunt of one of the victims in this case. Apparently, Mr. Jones maintains that these facts were not disclosed during jury selection. The allegations in his letter were not made under oath. Our record does not contain a transcript of jury selection, and we are unable to determine the accuracy of any of Mr. Jones’ allegations.
Prior to the submission of any briefing, Mr. Jones filed a motion to relinquish jurisdiction to the trial court. This court relinquished jurisdiction to the trial court,
We conclude that the most sensible procedure at this point is to affirm the judgment and sentence without prejudice to Mr. Jones’ right to file a timely motion for postconviction relief pursuant to Florida Rule of Criminal Procedure 3.850 alleging under oath the facts contained in his letter.
Affirmed.
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