Jones v. State

Miller, Judge.

Convicted of aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Joey Jones appeals. He contends that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that the trial court erred in failing to instruct the jury that he had no duty to retreat. We discern no error and affirm.

Construed in favor of the verdict, the evidence showed that while in Jones’s living room, the victim asked Jones for money owed to him from the purchase of crack cocaine. Jones refused to give the victim any money and began walking…