COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


460 Pa. 713 (1975)

334 A.2d 601

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James William JONES, Jr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell W. Miller, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Dist. Atty., David Richman, Chief, Appeals Div., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDARINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant James William Jones, Jr., was convicted, after trial before a jury, of voluntary manslaughter for the stabbing death of Joyce Warren. His trial counsel filed post-trial motions, but at the sentencing proceeding in the presence of counsel, appellant himself withdrew the motions. He was sentenced to serve a six-to-twelve year term of imprisonment.

Subsequently appellant instituted a pro se appeal and...

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