Jones v. State

MYERS, J.,

for the court.

¶ 1. The Circuit Court of Bolivar County, Mississippi, the Honorable Albert B. Smith, III presiding, tried and convicted Dexter Jones for the burglary of a check-cashing business located in Cleveland, Mississippi. The trial court sentenced him to seven years in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections. Jones appeals the circuit court’s verdict, stating three issues for us to consider:

I. WHETHER THE TRIAL COURT ERRED IN DETERMINING *580THAT JONES’S TRIAL COUNSEL HAD NO CONFLICT OF LOYALTY WHEN THE COUNSEL HAD PREVIOUSLY REPRESENTED A PROSECUTION WITNESS AT A…