Commonwealth v. Lofton

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

Kevin Lofton appeals from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment without parole imposed following his convictions of second-degree murder, robbery, criminal conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of an instrument of crime, and carrying a firearm without a license. We affirm Appellant’s convictions, but, because Appellant committed the murder as a juvenile, we vacate his judgment of sentence and remand for resentencing in accordance with Miller v. Alabama, — U.S.-, 132 S.Ct. 2455, 183 L.Ed.2d 407 (2012).

On Christmas evening, 2007, the victim, Andrew Jackson, was…