Knox v. State

MYERS, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. This case originated in the Circuit Court of Jackson County where Marlon Knox was convicted of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

¶ 2. Knox and his roommate, Jermaine Williams, traveled to the “504 Club” where Williams became involved in an altercation with a man named Charles Witherspoon concerning a defective stereo Witherspoon had recently sold to Williams. Knox joined in the altercation and was struck on the shoulder by a beer bottle thrown by Willie McGill. Two days after the altercation at the “504 Club”, Knox, Williams, and Charles McKinney were…