Commonwealth v. Jones

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This appeal attacks two aspects of the jury instructions given at appellant’s trial under the rubric of counsel’s ineffectiveness for failing to object to the charge. He claims that the court gave erroneous instructions on his alibi defense, and that the definition of “reasonable doubt” was defective. The Superior Court, sitting en banc, rejected his claims. Commonwealth v. Jones, 386 Pa.Super. 467, 563 A.2d 161 (1989) (en banc). We affirm.

Appellant, Rodney F. Jones, was convicted by a jury of three counts of aggravated assault and possession of an…