Jacobs v. State

The appellant, James Randolph Jacobs together with Phillip Brannon Courtney *1111and Dale James King was indicted, charged in two counts with first degree murder (of different persons) and in two other counts with attempted first degree murder of separate named persons.

Jacobs and Courtney were tried together before a jury. On the first two counts, Jacobs was found guilty of the lesser offense of second degree murder. On the third and fourth counts he was found guilty of the lesser offense of aggravated battery. Judgment was entered thereon, and Jacobs was sentenced on the first two counts to life…