Jenkins v. State

Bell, Justice.

Ronald Jenkins was found guilty of the felony murder of Bruno Johnson, a store detective for Rich’s Department Store in downtown Atlanta. Jenkins appeals, contending that the trial court erred in refusing to give a requested charge on self-defense; that the trial court improperly excluded the testimony of one of Jenkins’ witnesses; that the trial court erred in allowing a state’s witness to invoke the Fifth Amendment when asked whether he had seen one of Jenkins’ companions stab Johnson; and that the circumstances of his arrest were so shocking as to offend due process and bar…