Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 14, 2006PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

McCAFFERY, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Aaron Jones, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed on him following his conviction for tampering with physical evidence, claiming that the Commonwealth’s evidence was insufficient to sustain his conviction. Specifically, Appellant asks us to determine whether a conviction for tampering with evidence may be sustained when the evidence in question was suppressed as the fruit of an illegal arrest, leaving only the testimony of the arresting officer to support the conviction. Upon careful review, we affirm.

¶ 2 The facts and procedural history…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. StevensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  2. Commonwealth v. McCoySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. BrothersonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Commonwealth v. MoralesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1996

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. YasipourSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. ToomerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Com. v. Boll, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2022
  4. Com. v. Crory, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. Com. v. Gallaway, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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