Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 28, 1978No. 380PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Anthony R. Jones appeals from the sentence of life imprisonment imposed following his conviction of murder of the first degree after a nonjury trial in Philadelphia.
The sufficiency of the evidence to warrant a finding of murder of the first degree is first questioned. A study of the record demonstrated this complaint is without merit.
Viewing the evidence and all reasonable inferences therefrom in a light most favorable to the Commonwealth, it establishes the following:
On January 7, 1975, at 6:30 p. m., the dead body of Eva Smith was found in her home…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by50 opinions
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