Jones v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Jones's convictions for felony murder and armed robbery. It held that, even assuming trial counsel performed deficiently by eliciting Jones's jail disciplinary history, Jones failed to show prejudice because the evidence of guilt was strong and his accounts were inconsistent. The court also held that any error in the jury instruction concerning inconsistent statements was harmless because the instructions, considered as a whole, did not mislead the jury and the evidence strongly supported the verdict.