Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 1973No. Appeals, 376 and 384PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Eagen,
The appellant, George Washington Jones, was indicted in separate hills for murder, voluntary manslaughter, involuntary manslaughter and arson. The charges grew out of a fire which took the life of a five-week-old infant, Sean McKinnon, and destroyed the interior of a dwelling house at 2010 Federal Street in Philadelphia.
When the issue was called for trial, Jones was first arraigned on the murder and arson indictments at the request of the district attorney and then at the direction of the court he was arraigned on the involuntary manslaughter indictment. Pleas of…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Barker v. WingoSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. EwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smith v. HooeySupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Pollard v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Beavers v. HaubertSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
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3Cited by34 opinions
- Commonwealth v. PoundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. WareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. RoundtreeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. HaileySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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