Jones v. Commonwealth

Edward Jones was tried by a jury on two indictments charging him with malicious maiming of Frank Thompson and Fannie Thompson, respectively. He was found guilty as charged, and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for 20 years for each offense. Motions to set aside the jury verdicts as contrary to the law and the evidence were overruled by the trial court, which entered judgments on the verdicts. In this appeal, which we granted on limited grounds, the question for our determination is whether the Commonwealth’s Attorney made improper argument to the jury that requires…