Jones v. Commonwealth

On Sunday afternoon, September 22, 1946, Eddie Grimes was killed in the city of Suffolk by a shot fired from a 38-calibre pistol. Johnnie Jones was indicted for the homicide, pleaded not guilty, and was tried before a jury. He undertook to establish self-defense as a justification for the killing. The trial resulted in a verdict of conviction of murder in the first degree, and punishment fixed by the jury at life imprisonment. From the judgment of the court upon that verdict this writ of error was obtained.

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