Jones v. State

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This case involves an armed robbery that occurred as employees of Kinney's Shoes in the Oxford Mall attempted to make their night deposit at the First National Bank in Oxford, Mississippi. For his involvement in this crime, Ronald Emery Jones was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced by the Lafayette County Circuit Court to twenty years in prison, with eleven years suspended, without eligibility for parole. On appeal, Jones raises the following issues:

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