Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 12, 2001No. 597 WDA 2000PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EAKIN, J.:

¶ 1 Larry Jones appeals from a judgment of sentence entered following his convictions for robbery of a motor vehicle, reckless endangerment, rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. We affirm.

¶ 2 Police detectives Yuhouse and Bender were searching for a rapist using a sketch drawn with the victim’s assistance. The detectives saw appellant and noticed he closely resembled the sketch. When the detectives approached, appellant fled. Alfred Terry was standing up in the back of a nearby pickup truck when he saw appellant jump into the driver’s seat; he yelled at appellant, but…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  3. Commonwealth v. GeorgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. WindellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BedellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. BonnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Phillips v. DiGuglielmoDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2008
  4. Com. v. Bloodsaw, L.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  5. Com. v. Ellison, S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2021

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