Jones v. State

In consolidated cases, the defendant appeals an order revoking his probation, and his conviction and sentence on new crimes that served as the basis for the probation revocation. He argues that his trial counsel was patently ineffective in abandoning his request for a jury instruction on the justifiable use of non-deadly force against a law enforcement officer during his arrest. We disagree and affirm.

While on probation, the State charged the defendant with resisting an officer with violence, battery on a law enforcement officer, possession of burglary tools, and two counts of attempted…