No. 22-5924

Carl Jones v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2022-10-27
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: appellate-procedure appellate-review constitutional-law constitutional-review criminal-procedure due-process evidentiary-standard legal-sufficiency self-defense standard-of-review sufficiency-of-evidence
Latest Conference: 2022-11-18
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. Does the well-settled standard and scope of review governing sufficiency-of-the-evidence claims - a standard and scope of constitutional dimension - prohibit an appellate court from considering surveillance video proffered by the Commonwealth that was published to the fact-finder at trial, but never actually admitted into the evidentiary record, in determining whether the evidence was legally sufficient to support the verdict?

II. If so, is the evidence of record insufficient as a matter of law to support Mr. Jones's conviction for third-degree murder where such evidence fails to disprove beyond a reasonable doubt that he acted in either perfect or imperfect self-defense?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the well-settled standard and scope of review governing claims a standard and scope of constitutional dimension prohibit an appellate court from considering surveillance video proffered by the Commonwealth that was published to the fact-finder at trial, but never actually admitted into the evidentiary record, in determining whether the evidence was legally sufficient to support the verdict?

Docket Entries

2022-11-21
Petition DENIED.
2022-11-03
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/18/2022.
2022-10-31
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth v. Jones to respond filed.
2022-10-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 28, 2022)

Attorneys

Carl Jones
Carl S. Jones Jr. — Petitioner
Commonwealth v. Jones
Karen T. EdwardsOffice of the District Attorney, Respondent