Jones v. State

OPINION

SHARPNACK, Judge.

Shannon Jones appeals his convictions for murder1 and attempted murder as a class A felony.2 Jones raises two issues, which we revise and restate as:

I. Whether the jury's determination that Jones was guilty but mentally ill was contrary to law; and

II. Whether the trial court erred by denying Jones's request for a sur-rebuttal closing argument.

We affirm.

The relevant facts follow. Jones lived in Indianapolis with his mother, Jenita Jones. Jones's - seventeen-month-old - daughter, A.J., was staying with him for the summer of 2000. As of July 8, 2000, A.J. had been staying…