Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 29, 1976No. J-166, J-147PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
On January 24, 1970, the appellant, Ronald Jones, was convicted by a jury in Delaware County of murder in the first degree, robbery, aggravated assault and battery, assault with intent to kill and conspiracy. Post trial motions were timely filed and denied. On the murder conviction, Jones was sentenced to life imprisonment, and an appeal to this Court from that judgment of sentence then followed.1
Thereafter, on May 4, 1973, this Court determined the trial court had erred in its summary denial of Jones’ pretrial petition challenging the array of the jury…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Alexander v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Smith v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BaezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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