Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2013

Commonwealth v. Coia

Commonwealth v. Coia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided August 28, 2013 · Consideration, Matter, McCaffery
74 A.3d 117 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

Commonwealth v. Coia

Opinion of the Court

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO Petitioner’s constitutional sentencing claim. Further, the Superior Court’s decision affirming the imposition of a sentence of mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole is VACATED, and the matter is REMANDED to the Superior Court to remand to the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, — Pa. -, 66 A.3d 286 (2013).

Jurisdiction relinquished.

Justice McCAFFERY did not participate in the consideration or decision of this matter.

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