Overview
- Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Cristina Miranda declared a hung jury after receiving a note that deliberations remained at an impasse.
- Jurors had deliberated since Thursday over whether Rashaun Jones shot Bryan Pata outside Pata’s Kendall apartment in 2006.
- Prosecutors presented no physical evidence tying Jones to the shooting, leaning on an eyewitness identification and cell-site records.
- Defense attorneys argued the case was weak and suggested prosecutors responded to community pressure to make an arrest.
- Jones, arrested in 2021, had declined a plea offer of 15 years in prison, and the case now remains unresolved with no verdict.