Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 8, 1995PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF DENIAL OF APPELLANT’S MOTION FOR RECUSAL
CASTILLE, Justice.
On May 26, 1995, James Jones (“Petitioner”) filed a Motion for Recusal requesting that I recuse myself from participating in the consideration or decision of petitioner’s petitions requesting that this Court exercise its King Bench Powers and grant a stay of his execution, which is scheduled for 10 p.m. on June 13, 1995, 1 pending resolution by the United States Supreme Court on his petition for writ of certiorari. 2 The basis for petitioner’s request for recusal is that as District Attorney of Philadelphia…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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