Jones v. State

314 Ga. 692

FINAL COPY S22A1196. JONES v. THE STATE. COLVIN, Justice. Joseph Jones III appeals his convictions for felony murder in connection with the shooting deaths of Quatez Strong and Jalen Walker.1 In his sole enumeration of error, Jones argues that, because “unrebutted” testimony showed that he was provoked to shoot, the trial evidence at most established voluntary manslaughter and was insufficient to support his felony-murder 1 The shooting occurred on April 22, 2017. Walker died that day, and Strong died the following day. On July 5, 2017, a Dougherty County grand jury indicted Jones…