JONES v. STATE

S21A0035.

858 S.E.2d 462 (2021)

JONES v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall Paul Sharp , Sharp Georgia Law Firm, 4480 South Cobb Drive, Suite H, #164, Smyrna, Georgia 30080, for Appellant.

Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, William C. Enfinger , Assistant Attorney General, Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, John Alexander Fitzner, III , Chief A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P.O. Drawer 590, Swainsboro, Georgia 30401, Jessica Black Wilson , A.D.A., Middle Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, 126 West Grady Avenue, Suite 3, Lyons, Georgia 30436, for Appellee.


Appellant Alpherd Jones was convicted of felony murder in connection with the beating death of his girlfriend, LaShanda January. In this appeal, he contends that the evidence presented at his trial was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred by admitting evidence of January's diary entries...

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