Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 8, 1988No. 0862PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CIRILLO, President Judge:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County on May 29, 1987.

We note initially that the appellant, James Jones, has challenged the excessiveness of his sentence. He has failed, however, to include in his brief a statement of reasons relied on for appeal as required by Pennsylvania Rule of Appellate Procedure 2119(f) and Commonwealth v. Tuladziecki, 513 Pa. 508, 522 A.2d 17 (1987). Because an appellant who challenges the discretionary aspects of sentence is not entitled to an appeal of right, but is only…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Santobello v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Kercheval v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
  3. Commonwealth v. TuladzieckiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. United States v. Andrew Jackson RobertsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States Ex Rel. Spears v. RundleDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1967

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3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. MoserSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  2. Mega Enterprises, Inc. v. Lahiri (In Re Lahiri)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Com. v. Wilson, B.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  5. Commonwealth v. McCool, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1993

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