Jones v. State

CARDINE, Chief Justice.

In this case two witnesses were called before the jury with the court and prosecutor knowing beforehand that they would assert their Fifth Amendment right not to testify, and then the court instructed the jury to disregard the effect of their being called as witnesses.

Appellants Dale Burton Jones (Jones) and Ray Lamar Knox (Knox) were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to commit murder in the first degree in violation of W.S. 6-1-303 and 6-2-101. They each raise five essentially identical issues on appeal.

Jones inquires:

“1. Was reversible error committed by the trial…