Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Thomas JONES, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1988-11-23
Citations: 520 Pa. 68
Docket Number: Appeal No. 29 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1983
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Thomas JONES, Appellant.
Judges: Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 520
Pages: 68–69

Head Matter:
550 A.2d 536
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Thomas JONES, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 24, 1988.
Decided Nov. 23, 1988.
Pamela P. Cohen, (court-appointed), Peter F. Vaira, James A. Backstrom, Valli F. Baldassano, Philadelphia, for appellant.
Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Deputy Dist. Atty., Ronald Eisenberg, Chief, Appeals Div., Sandra Byrd, Garold E. Tennis, Asst. Dist. Attys., Robert A. Graci, Chief, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and STOUT, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM:
Appellant's Application for Extraordinary Relief is granted and the cause is remanded to the trial court to vacate the sentence of death and to impose a sentence of life imprisonment based on that court's finding of ineffective assistance of trial counsel during the penalty stage.
It is ORDERED that any further appeal from the entry of the judgment of sentence, as directed in this Order, is to be taken to the Superior Court pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 742, with the time period for such appeal commencing from the trial court's imposition of the sentence in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Order. The appellant may address in the appeal to the Superior Court those issues which were presented in the initial appeal to this Court and were not considered, as well as any other issues that may be deemed appropriate for review.
LARSEN, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.