Commonwealth v. Jones, A., Aplt.

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 763 CAP :

Appellee : Appeal from the Judgment of : Sentence entered February 28, : 1994 in the Court of Common Pleas, v. : Philadelphia County, Criminal : Division at Nos. CP-51-CR- : 1035061-1991. (Nunc Pro Tunc AARON JONES, : appeal rights reinstated on : December 14, 2017)

Appellant :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21th day of September, 2020, the appeal is QUASHED. See

Commonwealth v. Reid, ___ A.3d ___, 2020 WL 4803596 (Pa. filed Aug. 18, 2020)

(quashing serial appeal after concluding Williams v. Pennsylvania, ___ U.S. ___, 136

S.Ct. 1899 (2016), does not provide exception to timeliness requirements of Post-

Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§9541-9546, and thus PCRA court lacked

jurisdiction to reinstate appellate rights nunc pro tunc).

Justice Donohue files a concurring statement.

Justice Wecht files a concurring statement.

Judge Dubow files a concurring statement.