AND NOW, this 19 ^th day of June, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Does not a sentence of 50 years to life imposed upon a juvenile constitute a de facto life sentence requiring the sentencing court, as mandated by this Court in Commonwealth v. Batts, 640 Pa. 401 , 163 A.3d 410 (2017) (" Batts II "), first find permanent incorrigibility, irreparable corruption or irretrievable depravity beyond a reasonable doubt?