Jackson v. State

Fletcher, Presiding Justice.

A jury convicted Allen Dean Jackson of malice murder and armed robbery in the shooting death and armed robbery of Bruce Wayne Skinner. Jackson appeals contending that he should not have been tried jointly with his co-defendant. Because the evidence and the law relating to counts brought only against the co-defendant did not confuse the jury or prejudice Jackson, we affirm.

Skinner, who employed Jackson and his co-defendant Melvin Lewis Bland, 2 3 was found shot to death on October 11, 1992 on his sod farm. Early on the morning of October 10, 1992, witnesses saw…