Jones v. Commonwealth

OPINION BY JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY

Acting on a petition for certiorari, the United States Supreme Court in Jones v. Virginia , --- U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 1358 , 194 L.Ed.2d 340 (2016), vacated and remanded Jones v. Commonwealth ( Jones I ), 288 Va. 475 , 763 S.E.2d 823 (2014), for our reconsideration in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana , 577 U.S. ----, 136 S.Ct. 718 , 193 L.Ed.2d 599 (2016). Having done so, we now reinstate our holding in Jones I , subject to the qualifications made herein, and affirm the trial court's denial of the motion to vacate filed by Donte Lamar Jones.

I

In 2000, Jones…