State v. Jones

Judge Marion F. Edwards, Pro Tempore

I,An Orleans Parish jury convicted Kenneth “Bud” Jones, as charged, of two counts of attempted second degree murder and one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, resulting from a drive-by shooting. The trial judge sentenced him to twenty-five years on each count of attempted second degree murder, and twenty years on the remaining count. After Mr. Jones admitted his status as a second felony offender, the trial judge vacated the previous sentences and resentenced him to one hundred years on each count of attempted second degree murder and twenty…