Commonwealth v. Washington, T., Aplt.

OPINION

Chief Justice SAYLOR.

The controlling question presented is whether the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision in Alleyne v. United States, — U.S. - , 138 S.Ct. 2151, 186 L.Ed.2d 314 (2013), applies retroactively to attacks upon mandatory minimum sentences advanced on collateral review.

This discretionary appeal has a prolix factual and procedural history, commencing with numerous armed robberies perpetrated by Appellant in 1996. Appellant was charged with almost two dozen robbery offenses as well as related crimes, and he was convicted upon a jury trial relative to many of the…