The South Carolina Court of Appeals has upheld the murder conviction and 35-year prison sentence of Barry Wayne Jones, the man who gunned down Milledge “B’Boy” Hall outside an Edgefield County bar in May 2018.
The court’s recent opinion shuts down Jones’s attempts to claim self-defense under the state’s Protection of Persons and Property Act. The ruling outlines a clear timeline of escalating tension between the two men at the Johnston Pool Room, which ultimately ended in a fatal parking lot confrontation and a dramatic shootout with local police.
According to court documents, Jones and Hall had a rocky history. Hall’s grandson owned the pool room, and Hall frequently socialized and helped out there. The friction between the men boiled over on the evening of May 8, 2018. After a text-message argument with his girlfriend—who was also Hall’s cousin—Jones left the bar to pack his belongings…