People v. Jones

On June 29, 1963, 29-year-old Margaret Mary Martin was found dead from a gunshot wound in her residence at 2926 Webb in the city of Detroit. The time was approximately 10:15 in the evening.

Residing at the same address were the deceased’s three children, Michael, 11; Ira, 9; and Gloria, 7; the defendant herein, Theodore Jones, 35; his mother, Sally Jones; and a cousin, Reno Allen.

On that evening, two patrolmen of the Detroit police department answering a radio dispatch to the Webb street address, discovered the body of the deceased. The only persons present were the three children, a baby, and…