State v. Jones

HARRIS, Justice.

A jury found defendant Gloria Jean Jones guilty of second-degree murder for the stabbing death of her live-in boyfriend. We find merit in her challenge to trial court rulings which admitted evidence of her past violent criminal actions. We reverse and remand for a new trial. So doing we vacate the action of the court of appeals which affirmed the trial court judgment by operation of law on a three-to-three vote.

Because the assignment addresses a narrow evidentiary issue it is unnecessary to extensively detail the facts. According to the State’s evidence defendant stabbed the…