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injury” and pleaded guilty to assault in August 2009 incidents, according to online court records.

Separately, in the case of Graham’s death, Jones was charged with rst-degree murder after deliberation and rst-degree felony murder, according to court records.

As it relates to this case, a count of rst-degree felony murder can be charged against anyone in a group that is allegedly involved in a serious crime in which a death occurs. e charge applies even if a particular member of the group is not believed to have directly caused the death.

Long road to case

Despite the years it took to arrest Jones, his arrest afdavit did not mention any physical evidence that points to any of the defendants. An arrest a davit is a document that lists the alleged facts surrounding an arrest.

In court in October 2020, Evan Marcia Zuckerman, a defense attorney for Jones, hammered on what she argued are inconsistencies in the accounts of the four codefendants.

Jones — who apparently rst spoke to authorities in 2010 — has acknowledged to investigators that he knew the codefendants but has denied involvement in Gra- ham’s death.

He admitted to having a gun around the “2009 time frame,” according to the January 2017 indictment that led to the arrest of the other defendants. He indicated before a grand jury that Ford stole that gun from him at a party, the indictment says. Wilcox argued in October 2020 that “while the court heard voluminous statements about stories that changed,” Jones still may be found guilty by a jury. e codefendants “aren’t just witnesses that came forward to make a statement,” Wilcox has said. ey are people who “put themselves as being involved in a crime.”