Commonwealth v. Jones

*289 OPINION

Justice TODD.1

In this capital case, Appellant James Jones appeals the August 11, 2006 order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas dismissing without a hearing his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-46. This case is before this Court following our prior remand to the PCRA court, wherein we instructed the court to consider Appellant’s claim of racial discrimination during jury selection. For the reasons that follow, we now affirm the PCRA court’s order.

Appellant was tried before the Honorable Robert Latrone and, on June 4,…