Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 24, 2005PublishedCited by 65 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

GANTMAN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Kelvin 0. Jones, appeals from the judgment of sentence entered in the Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas, following his conviction for first degree murder. 1 Appellant asks us to determine whether the Commonwealth violated his speedy trial rights under the Interstate Agreement on Detainers (“LAD”) 2 and Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 600. Additionally, Appellant challenges the sufficiency and the weight of the evidence used to support his conviction for first degree murder. We hold the Commonwealth did not violate Appellant’s speedy trial rights…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. New York v. HillSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  2. Commonwealth v. JonesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  3. Commonwealth v. ChampneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  4. Commonwealth v. HuntSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  5. Commonwealth v. BullickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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3Cited by65 opinions

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