Jones was sentenced in July 2021 to 18 years to life in prison after he was convicted of murder and felonious assault charges in the March 2, 2020, shooting death of Chendo “BJ” Lamont Buford Jr. The 26-year-old man had been shot three times at the Eagle Ridge Apartments in the 5000 block of Northcrest Drive in Dayton.
The Ohio Second District Court of Appeals in September 2022 reversed Jones’ conviction and remanded his case to the trial court.
In the appeals court case, Jones made four claims, the most significant of which were about Ohio’s “castle” doctrine on self-defense. Jones admitted shooting Buford shortly after making a drug sale, but Jones said he was in a car at the time and that Buford reached into the car, assaulted and threatened him.
The appeals court ruled that the trial court “abused its discretion in failing to instruct the jury on ... part of the castle doctrine,” which could have created a presumption that Jones had acted in self-defense.
Jones’ attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
Credit: Montgomery County Jail
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