Jones v. State

Blackwell, Justice.

Tchywaskie Lamar Jones was tried by a Dougherty County jury and convicted of aggravated assault and a violation of the Georgia Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, OCGA § 16-15-1 et seq., in connection with a shooting at a public pool in Albany in which a bystander was wounded. Jones appeals and raises several claims of error, including that the evidence is insufficient to sustain his convictions and that the trial court failed to respond as required by OCGA § 17-8-75 when the prosecuting attorney spoke in his closing argument of facts outside the record.1 We agree…