Jones v. State

Darrell Hickman, Justice.

James Allen Jones was convicted of aggravated robbery and attempted capital murder and sentenced to a total of sixty years imprisonment. On appeal he alleges only one error: The evidence was inadequate for a rational trier of fact to have found the appellant guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. We find that there was substantial evidence to support the finding by the jury and affirm his conviction.

This was simply a case of the word of the victim against that of Jones and several alibi witnesses. Willeene Iheme, an employee of Mr. Jay’s Liquor Store on High Street in…