Jones v. State

ROY NOBLE LEE, Presiding Justice,

for the Court:

Gregory Montecarlo Jones was first convicted of capital murder on May 28, 1981, and was sentenced to death. On November 28, 1984, this Court reversed the conviction because of the admission into evidence of a video-taped confession, or parts of it, after Jones had stated “I prefer not to speak to that.” He was tried again in the Harrison County Circuit Court, found guilty on April 3, 1985, and for the second time, the death penalty was imposed.

Facts

Briefly, on the morning of January 21, 1981, officers of the Biloxi Police Department received a…