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On Tuesday, a judge declared a mistrial in the resentencing of two people convicted of murder in Deltona.

A Florida judge declared a mistrial Tuesday in a case to determine whether two men convicted in the infamous Deltona “X-box murders" should be sentenced to life in prison or death.

Judge declares mistrial in Deltona Xbox mass murder resentencing

Defense attorneys for Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter on Sunday filed a motion asking for entire 5th District Court of Appeal to review ruling.

Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter are being resentenced for the 2004 mass murders in Deltona in which six people were beaten to death with metal bats.

The resentencing was halted two weeks ago when the state petitioned the 5th DCA to overturn the trial court's decision not to let them apply the new law.

The re-sentencing trial for a pair of convicted killers in the Deltona Xbox murders will continue, following an order handed down by a local appeals court.

The resentencing of Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter was paused on April 27 as prosecutors sought to use the states new death sentencing law.

The Xbox mass murder resentencing of Troy Victorino and Jerone Hunter will proceed under Floridas new non-unanimous death penalty recommendation law.

A new law regarding jury recommendations and the death penalty can be applied to the resentencing of two men in the 2004 murders of several people at a Deltona home, the Florida appeals court ruled Thursday.