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MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. \u2014 Rashaun Jones, a former University of Miami Hurricanes player waiting for a retrial in the 2006 murder of UM Canes player Bryan Pata, appeared in Miami-Dade County court on Wednesday morning. <\/p>\n

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Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office deputies re-arrested Jones, 40, at 9 a.m. on Tuesday at the Metrowest Detention Center, where he was held without bond for the first-degree murder case, records show. <\/p>\n

A Miami-Dade corrections officer reported that he and his K-9 found \u201ca half sheet, and 17 individually torn sheets with suspected K2\u201d on March 27, 2024, at Metrowest, according to a MDSO deputy\u2019s report. <\/p>\n

Jones, a jail inmate since Aug. 26, 2021, had the \u201chalf sheet of paper\u201d in his shirt sleeve and \u201cthe individually torn sheets of paper\u201d in his waistband, according to the MDSO deputy\u2019s arrest report. <\/p>\n

On Tuesday, a detective \u201cdownloaded the test results\u201d from the MDSO\u2019s crime laboratory analytical section drug unit and found that the papers had tested positive for ADB-BUTINACA, a potent synthetic cannabinoid, according to the deputy\u2019s report. <\/p>\n

Jones faced a new third-degree felony charge ofintroducing, possessing, or controlling a controlled substance in a jail or correctional facility, according to county court records. <\/p>\n

Miami-Dade County Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda was set to preside over the new case. <\/p>\n

RETRIAL DELAYS <\/b><\/p>\n

Pata, a UM defensive lineman of Haitian descent who was a top NFL draft prospect, was fatally shot on Nov. 7, 2006, in the parking lot outside of his apartment in Kendall, records show. He was 22. <\/p>\n

Detective Juan Segovia, a Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office veteran, took over the cold case in 2020, and deputies arrested Jones on Aug. 19, 2021 in Lake County.<\/p>\n

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Last year, ESPN journalists found Paul Conner \u2014 a key eyewitness the prosecution had repeatedly told the court was dead \u2014 was alive in Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Jones\u2019s trial started on Feb. 17. Segovia was a star witness for the prosecution. Miranda, who has also been presiding over the murder case, declared a mistrial on March 2 after the jury deadlocked. <\/p>\n

Segovia took center stage again after the local law enforcement community learned that he was accused of using Instagram to express his opinions anonymously during the trial. <\/p>\n

Miranda postponed the retrial after Jones\u2019s defense filed an emergency motion regarding Segovia\u2019s alleged misconduct.<\/p>\n

On June 17, Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle filed a motion asking the judge for an order to \u201cpreserve\u201d e-mails, text messages, or any other electronic messages between Jones\u2019s defense attorneys, Attorney Jeremy McLymont, and \u201cany media outlets,\u201d court records show. <\/p>\n

The motion refers to a deposition on May 19 of George Jones, a jailhouse informant, who allegedly said \u201cMcLymont facilitated conversations with defense counsel, passed along messages, and arranged an in-person, unrecorded, private meeting on May 5\u2033 at the Turner Guilford Knight Correction Center, records show. <\/p>\n

In the motion, the prosecution mentions there could be \u201cviolations of privileged communications or dissemination of the personal information of law enforcement officers to the media\u201d and asks the judge for an order \u201crequiring\u201d the defense to \u201cprovide\u201d documents for an in-camera review. <\/p>\n

A hearing to discuss the motions is at 10:30 a.m. on July 6, according to court records. <\/p>\n

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