Legal Opinion
Jones v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided March 5, 2012No. S12A0040PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARLEY, Presiding Justice.
After a jury trial, Christopher Jones was found guilty of the aggravated assault of Cindy Hurst and the kidnapping of her and of her six-year-old and 18-month-old daughters. The trial court entered judgments of conviction on the guilty verdicts and sentenced Jones to concurrent terms of ten years for the aggravated assault, five years for the kidnapping of Ms. Hurst, and 25 years for each of the other two counts of kidnapping. The trial court denied a motion for new trial with respect to the aggravated assault conviction. That conviction was appealed by Jones and,…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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