Jones v. State

The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant’s convictions, rendered after a jury trial, for six thefts, burglary, and attempted robbery and conspiracy to rob a gas station. The trial court merged the attempt and conspiracy convictions and sentenced Defendant to an aggregate seventeen-year term. On appeal, Defendant challenged only the attempt and conspiracy convictions. Specifically, Defendant claimed that he had abandoned his attempt and conspiracy to rob the gas station. The Supreme Court affirmed the convictions, holding (1) abandonment is an available defense for both attempt and conspiracy charges; but (2) the evidence was sufficient to support the jury’s verdicts and the jury’s finding that the State disproved Defendant’s abandonment defense in at least one way. View "Jones v. State" on Justia Law