People of Michigan v. Belinda Denise Jones

STATE OF MICHIGAN COURT OF APPEALS PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, UNPUBLISHED August 22, 2017 Plaintiff-Appellee, v No. 330113 Macomb Circuit Court BELINDA DENISE JONES, LC No. 2014-003317-FC Defendant-Appellant. Before: TALBOT, C.J., and SAWYER and STEPHENS, JJ. PER CURIAM. Defendant appeals as of right her jury conviction of second-degree murder, MCL 750.317, for which she was sentenced to 16 to 35 years in prison. We affirm. I. BASIC FACTS Defendant’s conviction arises from the stabbing death of James Williams. At trial, defendant testified that she was acting in defense of her son, who…