Bentley v. State

RIDGELY, Justice.

Appellant Jordan Bentley appeals his Superior Court convictions of Murder First Degree, Possession of a Firearm During the Commission of a Felony and Possession of a Deadly Weapon by a Person Prohibited. In this case, the State contended that Bentley acted without any co-conspirator or accomplice in killing Joseph “Lucky” Cox. After a State witness, Tina Creed, changed her testimony about Bentley being the shooter, the prosecution contended in its closing argument that this was because of her romantic involvement with Bentley. Earlier in the trial, Bentley attempted to show…