Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William L. JONES, Appellant (two cases)
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1978-10-05
Citations: 481 Pa. 501
Docket Number: Nos. 438 and 478
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William L. JONES, Appellant (two cases).
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 481
Pages: 501–504

Head Matter:
393 A.2d 16
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. William L. JONES, Appellant (two cases).
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 20, 1978.
Decided Oct. 5, 1978.
Jos. W. Furlong, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Robert B. Lawler, Asst. Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from judgments of sentence entered upon jury verdicts finding appellant guilty of second degree murder, possession of an instrument of crime, criminal conspiracy, and robbery. The possession, conspiracy, and robbery convictions were appealed to the Superior Court, which subsequently certified those appeals to this Court.
Appellant raises the following contentions:
(1) That certain remarks made by the prosecutor during closing argument were so inflammatory as to warrant the grant of a new trial.
(2) That the trial court erred in denying appellant's motion for a mistrial following an objection to a leading question posed by the prosecutor on re-direct examination of a prosecution witness;
(3) That appellant's belated discovery of a prior inconsistent written statement by a prosecution witness was prejudicial and resulted in an unfair trial;
(4) That appellant's confession should have been suppressed;
(5) That the trial court erred in allowing appellant's confession containing references to police photographs of co-defendants to be read into the record.
We have considered these contentions and find them to be without merit.
Judgments of sentence affirmed.
This Court's jurisdiction over the murder conviction is based upon section 202(1) of the Appellate Court Jurisdiction Act of 1970. 17 P.S. § 211.202(1) (Supp. 1978-79).