Jones v. State

HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.

Charles Alvin Jones was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and possession of a knife during the commission of a felony in the stabbing death of his wife, Lanetta Marie Jones. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the propriety of his sentence on malice murder and the effectiveness of trial counsel. Finding no error, we affirm.

1. The jury was authorized to find that appellant had known for several months that the victim was having an affair with another man. The victim spent the night with her…