Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. White

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 20, 2018No. 1689 WDA 2017PublishedCited by 57 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY STRASSBURGER, J.:

Nicholas Andrew White (Appellant) appeals from the October 18, 2017 judgment of sentence imposed following a resentencing hearing pursuant to Miller v. Alabama , 567 U.S. 460 , 132 S.Ct. 2455 , 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012), 1 and Commonwealth v. Batts ( Batts II ) , 640 Pa. 401 , 163 A.3d 410 (2017). We affirm.

On July 31, 1998, Appellant, then 17 years old, shot and killed his father and disposed of his body. Following a jury trial, Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and abuse of a corpse. On September 28, 1999, the trial court sentenced Appellant to life…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Miller v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 2012
  2. Graham v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2010
  3. Montgomery v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  4. Commonwealth v. GriffinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  5. Commonwealth v. DodgeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2013

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3Cited by57 opinions

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