Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 26, 2017No. Commonwealth v. Batts, Q., Aplt. - No. 45 MAP 2016PublishedCited by 236 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JUSTICE DONOHUE
Qu’eed Batts (“Batts”) was convicted of a first-degree murder that he committed when he was fourteen years old. His case returns for the second time on discretionary review for this Court to determine whether the sentencing court imposed an illegal sentence when it resentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole. After careful, review, we conclude, based on the' findings made by the sentencing court and the evidence upon which it relied, that the sentence is illegal in light of Miller v. Alabama, 567 U.S. 460, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012)…
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