Jones v. State

The trial court did not err in prohibiting the introduction of videotaped statements of two witnesses, which the defendant attempted to introduce during the testimony of a different witness.

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Appellant Todd Omar Jones was convicted of murder in connection with the shooting death of Tavares Roberts. Finding no error in the denial of Jones’s motion for new trial,1 we affirm. 1. The evidence authorized the jury to find that Gregory Thompson encountered Jones at the Red Carpet Inn in Macon and Jones asked where he could purchase some drugs. Thompson got into Jones’s vehicle and the two went to the Discovery Inn. There, they knocked on the door of Room 110; Takeisha Johnson answered and told them that the other occupants, Jamar Meadows and Tavares Roberts, were asleep. Jones and Thompson left but later returned, with Thompson staying in the vehicle while Jones went inside Room 110. Jones pulled a gun, demanding money and ordering Johnson, Meadows and Roberts to get on the floor. Roberts attempted to take the gun away from Jones and was shot in the ensuing scuffle, but was able to run from the room to the motel lobby. When Thompson heard gunshots coming from the room, he got out of Jones’s vehicle. Jones emerged from the motel room, got in the vehicle, and drove away. Roberts later died from a gunshot wound to the neck and a .22 caliber bullet was retrieved from his body.

Investigators obtained descriptions of Jones and his vehicle from Thompson and Johnson, and a copy of Jones’s driver’s license and other identifying information was obtained from his registration at the Red Carpet Inn. Jones was arrested at his residence in Athens, where clothing matching that described by the witnesses was found, as well as a box of .22 caliber target shells and used targets. Meadows identified Jones in a photo lineup.

Jones v. State

The trial court did not err in prohibiting the introduction of videotaped statements of two witnesses, which the defendant attempted to introduce during the testimony of a different witness.

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