State v. Jones

JACKSON, Justice.

In this appeal we consider whether the trial court properly denied defendant Eric Steven Jones’s motion to dismiss the charge of identity theft, and whether the trial court properly dismissed indictments charging Jones with obtaining property by false pretenses and defendant Jerry Alvin White with trafficking in stolen identities. We conclude that the State presented sufficient evidence to support the jury’s determination that Jones possessed the specific intent to commit identity theft. We further conclude that the indictments against Jones and White were insufficient to…