Commonwealth v. Jones

Opinion of the Court by

Justice ABRAMSON.

By Judgment entered April 26, 2004, the Montgomery Circuit Court convicted Bobby Jones of Possession of a Firearm by a convicted Felon and sentenced him in accord with the jury’s recommendation to three years and six months in prison. Holding that the Commonwealth had failed to prove an element of the offense — the operability of the firearm — the Court of Appeals reversed. We granted the Commonwealth’s motion for discretionary review to consider whether the Court of Appeals correctly applied the palpable error standard of review.

RELEVANT FACTS

A person…