Case Name: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Jones
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1973-07-02
Citations: 453 Pa. 8
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 135
Parties: Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Jones.
Judges: Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Egberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 453
Pages: 8–10

Head Matter:
Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Jones.
Argued April 30, 1973.
Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Egberts, Pomeroy, Nix and Manderino, JJ.
Clifford E. Haines, Assistant District Attorney, with him Arthur R. Makadon, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellant.
Louis Lipschits, with him Robert L. Franklin, for appellee.
July 2, 1973:

Opinion:
Opinion
Per Curiam,
Herein, the Commonwealth appeals from an order below granting a new trial to James Jones, who had been convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and other related crimes.
After a careful consideration of the entire record and the reasons assigned by the court for granting a new trial, it is clear to us that the court's ruling was based on an admixture of law and fact. Under the circumstances, the Commonwealth is without any right of appeal. Commonwealth v. Melton, 402 Pa. 628, 168 A. 2d 328 (1961), and Commonwealth v. Zeger, 193 Pa. Superior Ct. 498, 165 A. 2d 683 (1960).
Appeal dismissed.