Killer receives 40 years in prison
LR judge rejects self-defense claim
Posted: December 22, 2009 at 5:39 a.m.
A Pulaski County Circuit judge handed down a 40-year, no-parole prison sentence to a Pine Bluff man who killed his sister’s boyfriend over a dispute about a necklace, telling David Hugh Jones Jr. his claim that he had no choice but to shoot the man didn’t make sense.
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Arkansas, Pages 9 on 12/22/2009
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