Joel Jones v. State of Mississippi

IRVING, P.J., for the Court:

¶ 1. Joel Jones appeals his convictions, by a jury in the Circuit Court of Lowndes County, of two counts of aggravated assault. Jones raises the following issues: (1) the State's jury instruction on accomplice liability was an impermissible constructive amendment of the indictment; (2) the State presented no evidence to support the accomplice-liability instruction; and (3) the trial court erred in giving the State's cautionary instruction concerning accomplice testimony. Finding no error, we affirm.

FACTS

¶ 2. On July 14, 2012, in Columbus, Mississippi, Jones was…