Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2020

Commonwealth v. Jones, A., Aplt.

Commonwealth v. Jones, A., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided September 21, 2020

Commonwealth v. Jones, A., Aplt.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 763 CAP : Appellee : Appeal from the Judgment of : Sentence entered February 28, : 1994 in the Court of Common Pleas, v. : Philadelphia County, Criminal : Division at Nos. CP-51-CR- : 1035061-1991. (Nunc Pro Tunc AARON JONES, : appeal rights reinstated on : December 14, 2017) Appellant :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21th day of September, 2020, the appeal is QUASHED. See Commonwealth v. Reid, ___ A.3d ___, 2020 WL 4803596 (Pa. filed Aug. 18, 2020) (quashing serial appeal after concluding Williams v. Pennsylvania, ___ U.S. ___, 136 S.Ct. 1899 (2016), does not provide exception to timeliness requirements of Post- Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§9541-9546, and thus PCRA court lacked jurisdiction to reinstate appellate rights nunc pro tunc).

Justice Donohue files a concurring statement.

Justice Wecht files a concurring statement.

Judge Dubow files a concurring statement.

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