Jones v. State

The appellant was defendant below, and was found guilty of the crime of second degree murder. He filed a motion for new trial, which was originally denied, but later said denial was vacated and the trial court reserved ruling thereon. A supplemental motion for new trial was subsequently filed, on the basis of which the court took testimony and ultimately denied the motion. The appellant’s position is that the court *433erred in denying his motion for new trial when said motion was predicated upon newly discovered evidence that tended to exonerate him from guilt.

The trial of the case presented the…