Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 23, 1978No. 469 & 497PublishedCited by 44 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Robert Lee Jones appeals from an order of the Post Conviction Hearing Act court denying his petition for relief under the Post Conviction Hearing Act, Act of January 25, 1966, P.L. (1965) 1580, §§ 1 et seq., 19 P.S. §§ 1180-1 et seq. (Supp.1977).* We affirm.

*268On August 4, 1972, after several days of trial, appellant pled guilty to murder of the second degree and several lesser offenses. The trial court sentenced appellant to six to twenty years imprisonment on the murder conviction and suspended sentence on the other charges. Appellant did not take…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Douglas v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Commonwealth v. DancerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  3. Commonwealth v. FoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  4. Commonwealth v. MabieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Commonwealth v. ViaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by44 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ChumleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Commonwealth v. WeinsteinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth v. FrometaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. LutzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  5. Commonwealth v. BonacursoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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