Previously, on Murder at the U.

Everybody was looking for. Where's Rashon?

If you're asked me point blank, do I think that he did it?

The answer is no.

I'll tell you, I had nothing to do with him done.

Just days before the trial of the state of Florida versus Rashon Jones was set to start,

the judge held a hearing in her courtroom.

Rishon Jones was there, with his attorneys, and so was the prosecution.

If I had a crystal ball, I'd be able to tell you which way this case was going to go,

but I don't.

I often believe cases are going to go one way, and they go the other, and vice versa.

Judge Christina Miranda, the woman who had preside over this trial, had something important

that she wanted to tell Roshan.

There was a lot of information that had come in as tips, as potential ideas of other people that might have committed this offense, and most all of it is being excluded.

Judge Miranda had ruled that the bulk of the alternate theories about who might have killed Brian

Paddock would not be admissible in court. She decided they were either hearsay or irrelevant.

So the nightclub fight with gang members? Jada Brody's twin brother, word of an alleged hit on Brian,

all an admissible.

What this meant is that the defense attorneys who were trying to prove that Rishon didn't kill Brian couldn't bring up any of these theories as they fought this case.

And the jury would never learn any of this.

Instead, the only version of the story the jury would hear was the one where Rashon allegedly killed Brian.

Then, Judge Miranda addressed Rashon directly.

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