Commonwealth v. Jones

How courts have described this case

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• concluding waiver where appellant failed to raise specific weight claim presented in appellate brief before the trial court
• finding that the defendant waived his claims relating to the Commonwealth’s opening statements even though the defense objected twice to the prosecutor’s statements, because the defense did not request further relief
• concluding a post-sentence motion and Rule 1925(b) statement challenging the weight of identification testimony did not preserve a claim that the findings of premeditation and specific intent to kill were against the weight of the evidence
• finding waiver where an appellant raised a new weight of the evidence theory on appeal that was not included in the appellant’s post-sentence motion
• finding waiver of a weight of the evidence argument that differed from the argument in a defendant’s post-sentence motion and Rule 1925(b) statement
• finding -8- J-S24045-20 waiver where a defendant objected to the prosecutor’s statements at trial, but failed to request a remedy such as mistrial or a curative instruction

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Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mbewe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-01· cited 47×
• Com. v. Cravener, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-08· cited 1×
• Com. v. Mbewe, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-01
• Com. v. Alston, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-25
• Com. v. Rodriguez, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-24

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Ali
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-29· cited 675×
• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-05-22· cited 245×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 237×
• Commonwealth v. Manley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-30· cited 182×
• Commonwealth v. Jaynes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-01· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Konias
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-03-18· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Moretti
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-28· cited 5×