Convicted cop killer Isaac Jones will not get a new trial, a judge ruled today.
Jones, who was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to 25 years in prison for the 2002 shooting death of Chattanooga police officer Julie Jacks, said he did not receive effective representation in his first trial because his lawyers never asked him if he wanted to testify on his behalf.
Special Judge John Kerry Blackwood said Jones’ testimony wouldn’t have changed the trial’s outcome.
Jones has asked for a new trial in previous motions, but been turned down.
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