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Jones v. Commonwealth

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Current status: APPEALED
As of: Feb 2, 2017
Source: SUPREME COURT OF VIRGINIA · DOCKET 131385 ↗

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131385 Jones v. Commonwealth 02/02/2017 In review of a motion to vacate sentence, on remand from the United States Supreme Court, the argument that this defendant's life sentence was a mandatory life sentence in violation of Miller is rejected. The holding of the prior appeal in this matter that, under Virginia law, the trial court had the ability under Code § 19.2-303 to suspend part or all of the life sentence, and thus, the sentencing scheme applicable to the present movant's conviction was …

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