Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2013

Commonwealth v. Whitaker

Commonwealth v. Whitaker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided August 28, 2013
621 Pa. 113; 74 A.3d 117; 2013 WL 4531199; 2013 Pa. LEXIS 1868

Commonwealth v. Whitaker

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 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 *114for a new sentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, 620 Pa. 115, 66 A.3d 286 (2013).

Jurisdiction relinquished.

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