Jones v. State

Jaffie S. Jones, brother of appellant, fired the shot which killed John Speer. Warren Henderson Jones, this appellant, drove the automobile in which the two proceeded to the deceased's filling station about midnight and summoned him from his residence across the street. When he appeared Jaffie Jones shot and killed him without apparent justification or excuse (unless it be, as claimed by the appellant, deceased made a sufficient demonstration, etc.). The State's evidence tended to substantiate that appellant was a co-conspirator and an aider and abettor in the homicide.

Appellant was the only…