Jones v. Commonwealth

PRESENT: All the Justices DONTE LAMAR JONES OPINION BY v. Record No. 131385 JUSTICE D. ARTHUR KELSEY February 2, 2017 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF YORK COUNTY Richard Y. AtLee, Jr., Judge Acting on a petition for certiorari, the United States Supreme Court in Jones v. Virginia,

136 S. Ct. 1358

(2016), vacated and remanded Jones v. Commonwealth (Jones I), 288 Va. 475,

763 S.E.2d 823

(2014), for our reconsideration in light of Montgomery v. Louisiana,

577 U.S. ___,

136 S. Ct. 718

(2016). Having done so, we now reinstate our holding in Jones I, subject to the qualifications made…