Jackson v. State

Tyrone Stephan Jackson challenges convictions and sentences arising out of a single criminal episode, an attempted armed robbery during which two accomplices were shot and killed by law enforcement officers. We find no reversible error in either of the felony murder convictions or in the conviction for attempted armed robbery, and affirm all three convictions. We also affirm the sentences on the felony murder convictions. We reverse the sentence imposed for attempted armed robbery, however, and remand for resentencing.

The trial court adjudged Jackson a habitual violent felony offender and…