Commonwealth v. Coia

OPINION BY

MOULTON, J.:

Nicholas Coia appeals from the February 19, 2015 judgment of sentence entered in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas following a resentencing hearing pursuant to Commonwealth v. Batts, 620 Pa. 115, 66 A.3d 286 (2013) (“Batts /”). Coia was resentenced to life without parole on a conviction for first-degree murder, which he committed when he was 15 years old. Following the Pennsylvania Supreme *221Court’s decision in Commonwealth v. Batts, — Pa. -, 163 A.3d 410, 2017 WL 2735411 (2017) (“Batts IF), we vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for resentencing.

On May…