Jones v. State

316 Ga. 481

FINAL COPY S23A0084. JONES v. THE STATE. PINSON, Justice. Bryan Jones was convicted of felony murder and other offenses in connection with a shooting that killed Dorian Drewery and injured Joshua Childs.1 Jones now appeals, contending that (1) the trial court erred in giving a jury instruction on other-acts evidence under OCGA § 24-4-404 (b) when no such evidence was admitted at trial; and (2) trial counsel rendered constitutionally ineffective 1 Jones was indicted in June 2018 by a DeKalb County grand jury for malice murder, felony murder, two counts of aggravated assault (one…