Jones v. State

hln 2008, appellant- Rodney L. Jones was charged with capital murder in the shooting death of his former wife, Orzona Fischer, for’ which the State sought the death penalty. He Was tried by a jury in 2010 and- sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. We affirmed. Jones v. State, 2012 Ark. 38, 388 S.W.3d 411.

At trial, appellant raised the affirmative defense of riot guilty by reason of mental disease or defect, arguing that his use of prescription drugs and the stress that he had been experiencing. induced him - to commit 'th,e murder. , There was evidence adduced at trial that appellant…