Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jones

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 4, 2010No. 2432 EDA 2009PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

CLELAND, J.

Appellant, Anthony Bernardly Jones (Jones), appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County denying his petition filed pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541^16 (PCRA). Jones argues the sentencing court erred in not merging two sentences imposed as result of two convictions for violating 18 Pa.C.S.A. § 6105. Because the doctrine of merger is not implicated here, we affirm.

A panel of this Court summarized the facts and the procedural history of the case as follows:

[Jones] was convicted in a jury trial [on March 9, 2004], at…

2Cases cited27 opinions

  1. Blockburger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1931
  2. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
  3. Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  4. Ohio v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  5. Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. AntidormiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Com. v. Ratliff, E.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2024
  3. Com. v. Jones, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Com. v. Jones, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  5. Com. v. Smith, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2019

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