Legal Opinion

Jones v. State

Mississippi Supreme Court

Decided June 30, 2005No. 2004-KA-00961-SCTPublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

918 So.2d 1220 (2005)

Chris JONES

v.

STATE of Mississippi.

No. 2004-KA-00961-SCT.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 30, 2005.

Allan D. Shackelford, Clarksdale, attorney for appellant.

Office of the Attorney General, by John R. Henry, attorney for appellee.

Before COBB, P.J., CARLSON and GRAVES, JJ.

CARLSON, Justice, for the Court.

¶ 1. On February 14, 2001, a Tunica County grand jury indicted Chris Jones for the murder of his girlfriend, Jennifer Stewart. A subsequent trial resulted in the jury finding Jones guilty of murder, and the judge forthwith sentenced Jones to serve a term of life imprisonment…

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