Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-01 17:11:06.510349+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:15:08.346345
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J-S07005-24

NON-PRECEDENTIAL DECISION - SEE SUPERIOR COURT O.P. 65.37

  COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA                 :   IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
                                               :        PENNSYLVANIA
                                               :
                v.                             :
                                               :
                                               :
  MAURICE LAMONT JONES, JR.                    :
                                               :
                       Appellant               :   No. 1149 MDA 2023

         Appeal from the Judgment of Sentence Entered July 21, 2023
     In the Court of Common Pleas of Adams County Criminal Division at
                       No(s): CP-01-CR-0000130-2022

BEFORE:      LAZARUS, P.J., KUNSELMAN, J., and COLINS, J.*

CONCURRING STATEMENT BY KUNSELMAN, J.:                FILED: APRIL 1, 2024

       I join the majority decision only because we are bound by the en banc

decisions in Commonwealth v. Richards, 284 A.3d 214 (Pa. Super. 2022)

(en banc), appeal granted, 294 A.3d 300 (Pa. 2023) (Table) and

Commonwealth v. Moroz, 284 A.3d 227 (Pa. Super. 2022) (en banc)

(petition for permission to appeal held pending resolution of Richards,

supra). I note that I voted with the minority in those cases.     Additionally, I

recognize that Jones filed the instant appeal to preserve his claims until the

Supreme Court resolves the Richards case.

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* Retired Senior Judge assigned to the Superior Court.