State v. Jones

CLEMENS, Presiding Judge.

The State charged defendant James H. Jones with first-degree murder by shooting Unes Johnson, and with felonious assault by pistol-whipping Wardell Johnson, Unes Johnson’s father. The jury found defendant guilty of both charges, assessing punishment at life imprisonment for murdering Unes Johnson and five years’ imprisonment for feloniously assaulting Warded Johnson. Judgment and this appeal followed.

Defendant now raises two points: Error in admitting a police technician’s testimony that the size of powder marks on Unes Johnson’s clothing indicated the distance from…