Jones v. State, 520 S.E.2d 690 (Ga. 1999). · Go Syfert
Jones v. State, 520 S.E.2d 690 (Ga. 1999). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
16 citation events (16 in the last 25 years) across 2 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Raines v. State (ga, 2018-10-22)
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discussed Cited as authority (rule) Raines v. State
Ga. · 2018 · confidence medium
See Huff, supra, 300 Ga. at 809 (1) (appellant’s admission that he was at crime scene, inter alia, provided corroboration, even though he claimed an innocent explanation for presence); Jones v. State, 271 Ga. 433, 434 ( 520 SE2d 690 ) (1999) (defendant’s statement to police that he was witness to armed robbery and murder “replete with details 8 In addition to the exclusion of the victim’s notebook for lack of foundation, Raines’ motion in limine to exclude his recorded custodial statement to police and the seizure and subsequent search of his cell phone during that statement was gran…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) White v. State
Ga. · 2004 · confidence medium
Berry v. State, supra. Furthermore, “the State is required to produce only slight corroborative evidence of [Wimberly’s] participation in the crime [s]. [Cit.]” Jones v. State, 271 Ga. 433, 434 ( 520 SE2d 690 ) (1999).
discussed Cited "see" Harrell v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · signal: see · confidence high
Ladson, supra (citation and punctuation omitted); see Terrell, supra; see generally Jones v. State, 271 Ga. 433 -434 ( 520 SE2d 690 ) (1999) (determining that requisite corroboration was supplied for accomplice’s testimony by defendant’s own statement); Cox v. State, 243 Ga. App. 790 -792 ( 534 SE2d 464 ) (2000) (determining that in prosecution for armed robbery at a store by two men, where one of the men had a towel wrapped around his face and removed $6,000 to $7,000 from a safe, corroboration was supplied by evidence, inter alia, that within 45 minutes of the crime, appellant was seen r…
discussed Cited "see" Julius Demetrius Harrell v. State (2×)
Ga. Ct. App. · 2013 · signal: see · confidence high
The standard for reviewing a denial of a motion for a directed verdict of acquittal is the same test to be used when the sufficiency of the evidence 7 Ladson, supra (citation and punctuation omitted); see Terrell, supra; see generally Jones v. State, 271 Ga. 433 -434 ( 520 SE2d 690 ) (1999) (determining that requisite corroboration was supplied for accomplice’s testimony by defendant’s own statement); Cox v. State, 243 Ga. App. 790 -792 ( 534 SE2d 464 ) (2000) (determining that in prosecution for armed robbery at a store by two men, where one of the men had a towel wrapped around his face …
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Copprue v. State (2×)
Ga. · 2005 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Jones v. State, 271 Ga. 433 ( 520 SE2d 690 ) (1999). 6.
Jones
v.
the State
S99A0785.
Supreme Court of Georgia.
Sep 13, 1999.
520 S.E.2d 690
John F. McClellan, Jr., for appellant., Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, Harold W. Goldin, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Frank A. Ilardi, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
Carley.
Cited by 8 opinions  |  Published
Carley, Justice.

A jury found Cedric Jones guilty of the felony murder of Ms. Priscilla McEnight while in the commission of an armed robbery and aggravated assault. He appeals from the judgment of conviction and[*434] life sentence entered by the trial court on the jury’s guilty verdict. [1]

In his sole enumeration of error, Jones urges that the evidence is insufficient to authorize his conviction. The State based its prosecution on the theory that Jones jointly participated with Larry Kinney in commission of the murder. Jones was Ms. McKnight’s neighbor, and Kinney was her cousin. Although jointly indicted, they were tried separately pursuant to the grant of a motion for severance. At Jones’s trial, the prosecutor called a witness who testified that, shortly after the murder, Kinney told her that he had been present when Jones and another individual robbed and killed Ms. McKnight because she refused to give them money to purchase drugs. This testimony was admissible against Jones, because it was made by Kinney before the termination of their alleged conspiracy. Brown v. State, 262 Ga. 223, 225 (2) (b) (416 SE2d 508) (1992). Although Kinney testified in Jones’s defense and denied making the statement, the jury was authorized to find that the testimony of the State’s witness was the more credible version of the actual events. Gibbons v. State, 248 Ga. 858, 862 (286 SE2d 717) (1982). Jones correctly contends that his conviction cannot rest exclusively upon the uncorroborated statement attributed to Kinney. OCGA § 24-4-8. However, the State is required to produce only slight corroborative evidence of Jones’s participation in the crime. Hardin v. State, 252 Ga. 99,100 (4) (311 SE2d 462) (1984). Here, the prosecuting attorney also introduced Jones’s own post-arrest statement, wherein he admitted being present when Kinney and another person committed the murder, but disavowed any active participation therein. The jury could find that Jones’s statement, which was replete with details that only a participant in the crime would know, sufficiently corroborates the statement of Kinney implicating Jones as a guilty party. Parkerson v. State, 265 Ga. 438, 439 (2) (457 SE2d 667) (1995); Mosier v. State, 223 Ga. App. 75 (476 SE2d 842) (1996). When we construe the evidence most strongly against Jones, it is sufficient to authorize a rational trier of fact to find proof of Jones’s guilt of felony murder beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979); Kelly v. State, 270 Ga. 523, 525 (2) (511 SE2d 169) (1999).

Judgment affirmed.

All the Justices concur. [*435] Decided September 13, 1999. John F. McClellan, Jr., for appellant. Tambra P. Colston, District Attorney, Harold W. Goldin, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Thurbert E. Baker, Attorney General, Paula K. Smith, Senior Assistant Attorney General, Frank A. Ilardi, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.
1

The murder occurred on December 1,1997. The grand jury indicted Jones on July 16, 1998. The jury returned its guilty verdict on January 14, 1999 and, on that same day, the trial court entered its judgment of conviction and imposed the life sentence. Jones filed his notice of appeal on February 15, 1999. The case was docketed in this Court on March 2, 1999, and was submitted for decision on April 26, 1999.