State v. Jones

PLEICONES, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of two counts of murder, first degree burglary, armed robbery, and criminal conspiracy. He received two death sentences for the murders, 1 concurrent sentences of thirty years each on the burglary and armed robbery charges, and a concurrent five year sentence for conspiracy. Finding four errors in the guilt phase of the trial, we reverse appellant’s convictions and sentences, and remand.

A. Facts

The victims were bludgeoned to death with a hammer and a piece of brick in the West Columbia home they shared. Victim John Pipkin was 63, physically…