Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 3, 1980No. 365Published
1Opinion of the Court
490 Pa. 599 (1980)
417 A.2d 201
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania
v.
Ronald JONES, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued April 25, 1980.
Decided July 3, 1980.
Mary Alice Duffy, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Division, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kenneth S. Gallant, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
The single question presented on this appeal is whether the trial court properly instructed the jury that the exculpatory testimony of a defense witness who admits…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Cool v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People v. O'BrienCalifornia Supreme Court · 1892
- Commonwealth v. McCombSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Keys v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware · 1975
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
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