Jones v. State

On Petition to Transfer from the Indiana Court of Appeals, No. 29A02-1008-CR-935

SULLIVAN, Justice.

Jimmie E. Jones, Jr., was charged with the murder of Andrew Takash, Jr. Ind. Code § 35-42-1-1(1) (2008). At trial, Jones tendered instructions on reckless homicide and involuntary manslaughter as lesser included offenses to the murder charge. The trial court refused Jones’s instructions, finding that those lesser included offenses were not supported by the evidence. A jury later found Jones guilty of murder. 1

On appeal, Jones disputed that his tendered instructions were not supported by the…