COM. v. JONES


811 A.2d 1057 (2002)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Jonathan Paul JONES, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed November 22, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

M. Susan Ruffner, Public Defender, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Michael W. Streily, Deputy District Attorney and Karen Edwards, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before: FORD ELLIOTT, KLEIN, and MONTEMURO, JJ.


FORD ELLIOTT, J.

¶ 1 In this appeal we are asked to determine whether trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to certain portions of the Commonwealth's expert's testimony and to the prosecutor's allegedly improper closing argument. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

¶ 2 Appellant was charged with three counts of burglary, three counts of rape, two counts of aggravated indecent assault,...

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