Jones v. State

Barnes, Presiding Judge.

A jury convicted Javonti Jones of family violence battery. During the trial, the State introduced evidence of three similar transactions to prove bent of mind, course of conduct, and intent. On appeal, Jones contends that the trial court erred in allowing the State to introduce the similar transaction evidence. Jones further contends that the trial court should have ruled on whether the State would be allowed to introduce evidence of his prior criminal convictions for impeachment purposes before he made the decision whether to testify. For the reasons discussed below,…