Jones v. State

John Mauzy Pittman, Judge.

Appellant, Joe Don Jones, appeals from his conviction at a jury trial of criminal conspiracy to commit capital murder, for which he was sentenced to fifteen years in the Arkansas Department of Correction. He contends that the trial court erred in denying his motion for a directed verdict; in denying his motion to suppress; in allowing the State to use a peremptory strike to excuse a black male from the jury; in admitting into evidence a beer can and a sponge; in allowing two expert witnesses to testify about the beer can and sponge; and in denying appellant’s two…