Jones v. State

The appellant, Jeff Jones, was charged with murder, in violation of § 13A-6-2, Code of Alabama 1975, in the stabbing death of Chris Stafford. He was convicted of the lesser included offense of manslaughter and was sentenced to five years' imprisonment in the penitentiary. Two issues are raised on appeal.

The essential facts in this case center around an incident which took place on the evening of January 2, 1987, in a public park in Bay Minette.

On the evening in question, two groups of young males met by pre-arrangement at the park. In the victim Chris Stafford's group were Stafford, his…